2008 · documentary · space
National Geographic: Journey to the Edge of the Universe
Directed by Yavar Abbas1h 31m2008
In one single, epic camera move we journey from Earth's surface to the outermost reaches of the universe on a grand tour of the cosmos, to explore newborn stars, distant planets, black holes and beyond.
Our read: National Geographic: Journey to the Edge of the Universe (2008) reads as a warm, steady, grounded documentary · space entry — gentle in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, steady, gentle documentary / space, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
- warm
- gentle
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