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A Brief History of Time

Directed by Errol Morris .
US, 1991, 35mm, color, 84 min.

Morris’s screen adaptation of physicist Stephen Hawking’s bestselling book on the mysteries of the cosmos focuses on both the theoretical and the personal. Morris combines readings voiced by Hawking’s speech synthesizer with striking visualizations of his theories, and incorporates interviews with his family and scientific colleagues to suggest that the chaotic conditions that govern the universe have also affected the earthly journey of this singular figure in modern science.

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