The films of Charles & Ray Eames. Volume 1.
Powers of ten: illustrates a picnic in Chicago and then begins moving ten times farther out every ten seconds, until our own galaxy is visible only as a speck of light. Then, we move inward into the hand of a sleeping picnicker with ten times more magnification every ten seconds.
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
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Santa Monica, CA :
Pyramid Film & Video ;
[2000]
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| Summary: | Powers of ten: illustrates a picnic in Chicago and then begins moving ten times farther out every ten seconds, until our own galaxy is visible only as a speck of light. Then, we move inward into the hand of a sleeping picnicker with ten times more magnification every ten seconds. A rough sketch for a proposed film dealing with the powers of ten and the relative size of things in the universe: is an earlier version of the same concept illustrated in Powers of ten. 901 : after 45 years of working: examines the Office of Charles and Ray Eames as it is being dismantled and cleaned out. |
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| Item Description: | Powers of ten was originally produced as a motion picture in 1977, A rough sketch for a proposed film dealing with the powers of ten and the relative size of things in the universe in 1968, and 901 : after 45 years of working in 1989. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (46 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD; Dolby digital mono. |
| Production Credits: | Powers of ten / made by the Office of Charles and Ray Eames for IBM -- A rough sketch for a proposed film dealing with the powers of ten and the relative size of things in the universe / production, Antti Pantero, Tadas Zilius, Ted Organ ; made for the Commission on College Physics by the Office of Charles Eames -- 901 : after 45 years of working / produced by Eames Demetrios and Lucia Eames Demetrios ; written, directed, photographed, and edited by Eames Demetrios. |