The Films of Charles & Ray Eames - The Powers of 10 (Vol. 1)
by Eames Demetrios, Charles Eames, Ray Eames
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Actor: Eames Demetrios, Judith Bronowski, Martha Godfrey, Sam Passalacqua, Xander Mills DemetriosDirector: Charles Eames, Eames Demetrios, Ray Eames
Producer: Eames Demetrios
Writer: Eames Demetrios
Producer: Lucia Eames
Writer: Charles Eames
Writer: Ray Eames
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 46 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-08-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Image Entertainment
Movie Reviews of The Films of Charles & Ray Eames - The Powers of 10 (Vol. 1)
Movie Review: I Loved This
Summary: 5 Stars
I first saw this in elementary school and never forgot it. Other people here have written up what it's about so I won't repeat it, but I will say it was always one of the very few films the school showed us that I remembered. It may have inspired me to study science in college.
Perhaps a more "updated" version is an IMAX film called "Cosmic Voyage." We ran it when I worked at an IMAX Theatre and it's the same type of plot, rings in powers of ten pulling out from Venice, Italy going to the edge of the universe, then starting in Holland we use the rings to enter the human DNA. As soon as I saw Cosmic Voyage I thought of Powers of Ten. This has to be where the producers of Cosmic Voyage got their idea, but neither Eames nor Powers of Ten is credited, not that I remember anyway.
Though Powers of Ten is an older film it's still very much worth watching.
Summary of The Films of Charles & Ray Eames - The Powers of 10 (Vol. 1)
Charles and Ray Eames are among the finest designers of the 20th century. They are best known for their groundbreaking contributions to architecture, furniture design, industrial design and manufacturing. The legacy of this husband and wife team includes more than 75 films that reflect the breadth and depth of their interests. Volume 1 of this DVD collection includes an adventure in magnitudes, "Powers of Ten" (1968, 9 min.). Starting at a picnic by the lakeside in Chicago, this famous film transports us to the outer edges of the universe. Every ten seconds we view the starting point from ten times farther out, until our own galaxy is visible only as a speck of light among many others. Returning to earth with breathtaking speed, we move inward--into the hand of the sleeping picnicker--with ten times more magnification every ten seconds. Our journey ends inside a proton of a carbon atom within a DNA molecule in a white blood cell. This DVD also includes the original version of "Powers of Ten" entitled "A Rough Sketch for a Proposed Film Dealing with the Powers of Ten and the Relative Size of Things in the Universe" (8 min.), a remarkable film in its own right, plus "901: After 45 Years of Working" (1989, 29 min.), a record of the Eames Office at 901 Washington Boulevard in Venice, California and a document of its closing by filmmaker, Eames Demetrios; it uses the space as a prism through which to look at the Eames' life and work.Classics DVD Video
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