In this intriguing documentary, philosopher Roger Scruton argues that 20th century art, architecture and music have shunned beauty and have instead made a cult out of ugliness, which Scruton says will lead humanity towards a complete spiritual wasteland. He will try to prove the importance of beauty in the arts and in our own lives using the … Continue reading »
I truly, wholeheartedly, passionately love books, soI jumped at the opportunity to watch this BBC special when I had the chance to. The Machine That Made Us is a documentary in which Stephen Fry examines the story behind the first media entrepreneur, printing press inventor Johann Gutenberg, to find out why he did it and how, a … Continue reading »
A documentary series exploring the history of design. The first episode of this new series tells the fascinating story of the birth of industrial design. Alongside the celebrated names, from Wedgwood to William Morris, it also explores the work of the anonymous designers responsible for prosaic but classic designs for cast-iron cooking pots to sheep … Continue reading »
Pleasure is vital for our survival – without it we wouldn’t eat or have sex, and would soon die out as a species. But how does pleasure work and what gives us the most pleasure in life? In an attempt to find out, Michael Mosley learns how the hottest chilli in the world creates euphoria … Continue reading »
In the course of our 170 year relationship, photography has delighted us, served us, moved us, outraged us and occasionally disappointed us. But mainly, it has intrigued us by showing the secret strangeness that lies beneath the world of appearances. And that is photography’s true genius. Follow the story of photography in BBC Four’s six-part … Continue reading »
The science of Cymantics is an interesting one, people working in that field study sound and its vibrations; through observing the effect of sound on matter scientists have demonstrated that a single tone can birth unbelievably complex geometric patters and structures. Particles are attracted to one another and create forms found in nature, even mimicking … Continue reading »
I was too young to really understand what was going on during this time, but I’ll admit I’ve always been curious to why the economic crisis occurred and so today i decided to do some research. Stumbled on this documentary which explained the entire disaster pretty thoroughly; with interviews of the main players in the … Continue reading »
Japan has been punched in the face and kneed in the balls but has always gotten back up to fight back. They’ve been bombed by two nukes, had the worst firestorms in history, struck by earthquakes that move mountains and tsunamis big enough to quench the Sahara deserts’ thirst. Some people would say they’ve been … Continue reading »
The life and thinking of one of my favorite personal hero’s the great Swiss psychiatrist, Carl Gustav Jung, is examined on this video. Interviews are done with those who knew him, most of whom were analyzed by him and very often became analysts themselves. Jung’s own words appear on screen, and archive footage of Jung … Continue reading »
This is a very, very old film/conversation that was made in 1988. Anyhow, I thought it would be good to have it on here. In a studio setting, Stephen Hawking, Arthur C. Clarke and Carl Sagan (who joins them via satellite) discuss the Big Bang theory, God, our existence as well as the possibility of … Continue reading »
The digital music revolution has been bigger than anyone could have imagined, well almost anyone. It seems one company, in particular one individual, Steve Jobs, saw into the future quite clearly. Apple Computer Company currently holds a market share of not only digital music players, but they also have the largest online music store. It’s … Continue reading »
In fall 1969, computers sending data between two California universities set the stage for the Internet, which became a household word in the 1990s. In this movie Josh Harris’s (one of the greatest internet pioneers and visionaries) life is captured and documented for more than a decade by the award-winning director, Ondi Timoner. The movie … Continue reading »
