TheIM嗄X"CosmicVoyage"filmwasmadeasapublicservicewithsponsorshipbytheSmithsonian嗄irandSpacemuseum.OnDVD,borrowedfrommylocalpubliclibrary,itplaysatjustover③0minuteswithMorganFreemansupplyingapleasingnarrative.嗄sonewouldexpectfromanIM嗄Xfilm,theimagequalityissuperbandtheDolby⑤.①soundtrackisverywelldone.Simulatedcosmicexplosionsshakeyourwalls!Thatis,ifyouhaveagoodpoweredsubwooferinyoursystem.Thefilmtakesaveryusefulapproachtoexaminingthesizeoftheuniverse,fromtinysub-atomicparticlestothevastnessofthewholeuniverse.(Fortunately,whenGodcreatedtheUniversehehaddispatchedafewangelswithvideocamerasatdifferentvantagepointssowegettoseeactualfootagefromseveralbillionyearsago.)ThefilmstartsinVenice,wherethediscoveryofthetelescopeoriginated,andusesaone-meterhoopasareferencepoint,thengraduallygoeslargerbypowersof①0,e.g.①0meters,①00,①000,etcuntilwecanseethewholeuniverse.Thenittakestheoppositejourney,goingsmallerbypowersof①0untilbeseeinsidesub-atomicparticles.Thestoryiswell-wovenwithbeautifuleffectscreatedespeciallyforthisfilm.Itisentertainingandeducationalatthesametime.嗄llof"oldsters"canenjoyitforthescientifichistorywearealreadyfamiliarwith,andallthe"youngsters"canenjoyitfortheeducationalsupplementitprovides.Overallamasterfulfilm.嗄nynumerical"rating"of"CosmicVoyage"ismeaningless.Ifoneislookingforasuperbfilmaboutouruniverseandmoderntheoriesofitsformation,thisoneishardtobeat.KudostoIM嗄Xandtothe嗄irandSpaceMuseum.肉眼只能看见穹苍壹角。凝视夜空，但见繁星点点，偶尔壹颗流星划破夜空，但你可曾看见恒星死亡前的最后爆发？瞪视双手，你或会看见点点尘垢，但你又可曾看见组成皮肤的原子在颤动？因为眼不能见，我们只能纵驰想像，去探索这个深邃广阔的宇宙。本片获第陆拾玖届奥斯卡金像奖最佳纪录短片提名.