Focus On Infinity

director: Joerg Burger

original title: Focus On Infinity

year: 2014

running time: 80 min.

synopsis

What do the head of the Vatican’s astronomy programme, a holder of the Nobel Prize in physics, and a man who allegedly saw a UFO have in common? What are the limits of science and human observation, and what truth does science actually present to us? Leading natural scientists, astronomers and physicists reflect on the nature of infinity, science, and types of human knowledge. The filmmaker sidesteps any definite conclusions and instead presents a thoughtful, hypnotic essay in which the viewer is immersed into contemplation with the help of an ambient soundtrack and incredible images of gigantic telescopes, laboratories and arid wastelands through which the wind dances.

DETAIL:
"We evolve because we are every single day asking ourself something new. The day in which we stop to ask ourself something new, we are done. Our reason to exist doesn't exist anymore."

biography

Austrian Joerg Burger is an independent artist, the author of documentary films and a producer. In addition to directing, he also works actively as a cameraman and won four main film festival awards for the Austrian film Diagonale. His films include Way of Passion (2011) and Wolf Suschitzky – Photographer and Cameraman (2010).

more about film

director:	Joerg Burger
producer:	Joerg Burger
photography:	Joerg Burger
editing:	Joerg Burger, Gökce Ince
sound:	Georg Misch, Hjalti Bager-Jonathansson, Gökce Ince, Sebastian Brameshuber

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