BBC“电视史上的里程碑”,当代艺术历史最具雄心壮志的纪录片拍摄工作,由著名艺术历史学家克拉克爵士担任编剧与主持,探讨西欧文明,而爵士更在本片中界定了人类文明发展中的几个重要阶段。《文明的轨迹》历时两年才拍摄完毕,剧组跨越13个国家,曾走访百多个城市拍摄,本纪录片首年播出时更被喻为电视史上的代表作。克拉克爵士引人入胜的对白,再加上欧洲地标动人画面,带领我们探索自罗马帝国沦亡至工业革命用其后的文明发展。这种通过艺术、音乐来呈现历史观点的做法,成为日后无数纪录片看齐并努力超越的基准。 "Kenneth Clark's sumptuous,magisterial,one-man servey of the achievements of bumanistic civilisation is a TV landmark" The daily mail In ...
Black holes stand at the limit of what we can know. To explore that edge of knowledge, the Event Horizon Telescope links observatories across the world to simulate an earth-sized instrument. With this tool the team pursues the first-ever picture of a black hole, resulting in an image seen by billions of people in April 2019. Meanwhile, Hawking and his team attack the black hole...
For centuries Egyptologists have believed that the Great Pyramids of Giza were designed as tombs. But why have no bodies or treasure ever been discovered inside the pyramids? Now, the history of the pyramids could be on the verge of being re-written. With exclusive access we follow the team as they unearth and examine the lost tombs, making the most important find in Egypt sinc...
In 2016 filmmaker/photographer Pete McBride and writer Kevin Fedarko set out on a 750-mile journey on foot through the entire length of the Grand Canyon. More people have stood on the moon than have accomplished this task. Their quest was more than just an endurance test — it was also a way to draw attention to the unprecedented threats facing one of our most revered landscapes...