Powers of Ten
A scientific film essay, narrated by Phil Morrison. A set of pictures of two picnickers in a park, with the area of each frame one-tenth the size of the one before. Starting from a view of the entire known universe, the camera gradually zooms in until we are viewing the subatomic particles on a man's hand.
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📋 Film Details
| Year | 1977 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Director | Charles Eames |
| Runtime | 9 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 7.7/10 (81 votes) |
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The film constructs its experience on a relentless, geometric camera movement, a zoom dictated by the pure logic of powers of ten. It explores not a narrative, but the architecture of reality itself, using cinema as a tool to make the cosmic and the microscopic tangible.
What lingers after the final frame is a profound sense of scale—a quiet awe at our place suspended between the vast and the infinitesimal. It is a calming, perspective-shifting journey. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Charles Eames
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Watch in a single, uninterrupted sitting, allowing its hypnotic rhythm to fully recalibrate your sense of scale.
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