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.)trying to explain the whole =human knowledge#` of % the 1920._s@*] a@bout the world and *!the#+ :uni!-verse. ! 1*-5 specia%$@l eff/e]cts experts$ and 9 cameramen +we`re involv**ed in the p,rod!^u[ction o)?f this fi.l\=?m !#wh ich combines doc. ument ^,..ar`y scenes,]% historical+(^ documen?ts, fic/#)tion $#]el+emen, ts, an.=(imation scenes and ;^)educational impact. It-_=#  ,`its beautiful [%ly c(o  lore*d, using ti$- nt_ing% and t`oning i/n/ a v!+ery elab -orated way. So] me visual ideas in#\ the sequenc!es with a spac=e
,\s  huttle [)$ visiting diffe-%r,-e:nt @\%,pla%:n/@ ets?@ in the universe see]m %-to have to be \t -(he in-spir)( (ation +for S`ta # nl+,[ey Kub@.ri;:ck's $2#=001: A Space Odyss $ ey.　　In the co`n;@te$xt.` of Germany's Kulturfilm p+#^he[nomeno%n:%, Wu\:nder d(
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r Schö)?pfung was a=mo ng the greate/st%
* achi:%-evements\ of* the 1920s. The production was con+#structed, rehear _s!
e_d[], and s: ]hot over a @+% p]eriod o(f two and a hal,f ye/+;ars`, under t$#.?he supervision of Hanns Wa-lter Korn-[$+blum^(. ^ The idea to :$#de s,^cribe the universe and m)an's pla:ce in it we_ll suit=e/
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U_ FA's Grossfilm m!entality$[], one @\year bef )or=^,e t-^he Metropolis cata+strop$he. H* undred)#)s o.f :@s=k!@aughtsmen, w((*:hile 9 camerame#n@[[ in se^*parate!($ un%=`its w,_ork e/]d on the :,h#
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torical, docum=;entar !y, fiction
, anim=/ation, and ?(@sci$[@ence-f/icti on sequences. $Without$ star* roles or eve^n protag;?onists, the fi#,/l :m's plot is crowded\= +: wi\th me-*ticulously str![uctured and ?skillfully acted singl.e scenes an*^[ artful (%(mosaic of small vig.nette!s. ^No less tha#n -fo ur credite d university\` profes*[sor=+s ens(ure/d the+ !)?fac%tual bac*@kground behi `nd t=\he scien*tific and `+histor^ic
;al even,?#ts p)ort.[rayed..+　　The #film's= , symbol of pro-]gr( !ess and the ne*$w sc%ientific  !era is (,a s 
p](]ac$\ecraft, travelling through th?e Milky ^*!*Way, making all. [\ the planets a_nd thei .r[ inspiring world/_s familiar _/to $=)us, with the extravaganza of their_ distinc\(,tive feature.s.]; The film's educationa%+l int; ent@ions, :-?howeve.r, become steadily .%more /*obscu]re@_, humorous, or even ).c/.=amp)y as t?`#h;is@ po-
pularizatio?n proj-:ec!#t proceeds. With the ( excuse of p@resen^ting ];the end o:]f +the wor^ld a not-so)[(-new ^conc`#^?e\pt \as a`:+ ne*?w, u-nden!iably ?scientif.,i!$ c truth, the f(/,il\ m veers happily along a new path, d?=ispl$ ayi%^ng deta iled apoc;;alyptic%; sc.*enes =of the e^]^nd o?\^f mank=__ind. Fo=\r today's audie%nces, _]this amazin)g film d$emonstra tes how the universe was), =#?
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 p?rehend :!ed !/;in the 192$$0s, a[nd how t=hat vi%ew was sold /to contempo]`rary audiences.