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DVD

The films of Charles & Ray Eames. Volume 1 : Powers of ten ; 901, after 45 years of working

Call Number

  • DVD 791.43 F4878 (CEN)

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Edition

Full screen version.

Publication Information

[Santa Monica, Calif.] : Pyramid Media ; Chatsworth, Calif. : Distributed by Image Entertainment, [2000]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (46 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

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. 901, after 45 years of working examines the Office of Charles and Ray Eames as it is being dismantled and cleaned out.

Notes

Powers of ten originally produced in 1977 ; 901, after 45 years of working originally produced in 1989.

Includes 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."

Contents

  • Powers of ten / produced by Eames Demetrios and Shelley Mills ; introduction narrated by Gregory Peck (17 min.)
  • 901 : after 45 years of working / produced by Eames Demetrios and Lucia Eames ; directed and photographed by Eames Demetrios (29 min.).

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