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'Voyage of Time' a swift trip through history
A computer simulation of a dark hole from the film.
Image: Voyage of Time, IMAX Corporation.
Maybe the footage would look something like the stunning images in a new documentary, Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience, by filmmaker Terrence Malick and IMAX Entertainment. Narrated by Brad Pitt, the film seeks to show history's unrecorded events with eye-popping visuals.
This is Malick’s first documentary. He is known more for artsy films such as The Thin Red Line (1999) and The Tree of Life (2011). In a video on the film’s website, Dan Glass, visual effects supervisor and associate producer, explains that the crew wanted images that “could stand in both for the present day but also the past and, in some cases, the future.”
The production team used images from space telescopes and natural history photography, along with special effects to create the film. To depict the first flora, the crew used images of Iceland, which, in some areas, has no trees. The project has taken nearly 10 years of his time, Glass explains.
The 40-minute film opens Oct. 7 and will be shown exclusively at IMAX theaters, notably, at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum’s Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater. A longer version, Voyage of Time: Life’s Journey, narrated by Cate Blanchett, is 90 minutes and poses questions about the future of humanity.
This is Malick’s first documentary. He is known more for artsy films such as The Thin Red Line (1999) and The Tree of Life (2011). In a video on the film’s website, Dan Glass, visual effects supervisor and associate producer, explains that the crew wanted images that “could stand in both for the present day but also the past and, in some cases, the future.”
The production team used images from space telescopes and natural history photography, along with special effects to create the film. To depict the first flora, the crew used images of Iceland, which, in some areas, has no trees. The project has taken nearly 10 years of his time, Glass explains.
The 40-minute film opens Oct. 7 and will be shown exclusively at IMAX theaters, notably, at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum’s Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater. A longer version, Voyage of Time: Life’s Journey, narrated by Cate Blanchett, is 90 minutes and poses questions about the future of humanity.
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