Reviews
Cosmos: A Personal Journey (1980) IMDb
Creators |
Ann Druyan (writer), Steven Soter (writer), Carl Sagan (writer and cast). |
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Extent |
Review refers to a version with added “Update” segments. |
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Categorization |
Lyrical, often visualizing quite wild suppositions in fluffy language. 13 one-hour episodes. |
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Subject |
The nature, history and competitors of both natural science and life on Earth, set against the backdrop of the objective universe according to Carl Sagan. “These are some of the things that hydrogen atoms do, given 15 billion years of cosmic evolution.” |
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Commentary |
Science being a self-correcting system, the facts age. The graphics have aged more poorly, but the tone balances optimism and pessimism very admirably. Good music, including Tangerine Dream and Vangelis before he was cool. |
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References here: Documentary: A History of the Non-Fiction Film (1974/1983). |
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Remake: Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014) IMDb
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