BLAST! (2008)

Directed by

Paul Devlin

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 18m

Rated

G

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A documentary that follows a team of astrophysicists as they launch a telescope on a high-altitude balloon from Sweden and Antarctica. It focuses on the scientists' personal experiences and the challenges they face while trying to answer questions about the universe's origins.

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What happens

BLAST! is a 2008 American feature-length documentary by Paul Devlin. The film follows a team of astrophysicists who launch a telescope, upon a high-altitude balloon from northern Sweden and again from Antarctica. The film follows the crew of scientists as they travel on a search to answer humankind's fundamental questions about the origins of the universe. The film avoids traditional narration and talking-head interviews, instead following events as they occur. The film focuses on the personal experiences of the scientists involved in the experiment. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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