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  • Unseen Forces (2004)
  • Short | 40 min | Music, Short
Unseen Forces (2004)
Short | 40 min | Music, Short
Unseen Forces (2004) is a hilarious sequence of vignettes from the history of science to Sagan's music. Sidestepping any expectations of high falutin' experimental art video in favor of slapstick narrative, these wryly subtitled ...See moreUnseen Forces (2004) is a hilarious sequence of vignettes from the history of science to Sagan's music. Sidestepping any expectations of high falutin' experimental art video in favor of slapstick narrative, these wryly subtitled re-enactments of important historical breakthroughs come off as a weird hybrid of Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" and Led Zeppelin's "The Song Remains the Same". Commencing with a turtlenecked Carl Sagan lookalike invoking the sun, Junell's film proceeds to romp anachronistically across history in a playful homage to "Cosmos": The Big Bang is restaged by a flashlight-wielding modern dance troupe (played by real life astronomy buffs recruited online), whose cosmic choreography goes largely unnoticed by their glib, uncomprehending audience. The Greek Rationalist discovery that air is a substance is refigured as a gay pick up technique in an ice cream parlour, with Matmos' M. C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel playing Empedocles and Pausanias. In the final scene, married couple Blevin Blectum and J Lesser re-enact the courtship of the Curies and their discovery of radiation as a Jerry Lewis-style tragicomedy. Written by Anonymous See less
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Director
Ryan Junell
Writer
Ryan Junell
Producer
Ryan Junell
Composer
Sagan
Cinematographers
Kelleth Chinn | Ryan Junell | Eric Wolfram
Editor
Ryan Junell
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Updated Nov 24, 2004
Release date
Dec 3, 2004 (United States)

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Dr. Pierre Curie Dr. Pierre Curie   See fewer
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