Powers of Ten

US 1977. PC: IBM / Charles & Ray Eames. Directed by Charles Eames and Ray Eames. M: Elmer Bernstein. FX: Alex Funke. 9 min. A print with Finnish commentary. Viewed at SEA, Orion, 28 Jan 2005, as part of the Film and Design lectures. Charles Eames and Ray Eames, the great designers, the husband-and-wife team, were also creative film-makers. The concept of this one is simple and magnificent: by powers of ten, we zoom out to the universe from a couple having a picnic in Chicago. Then we journey back again, and by negative powers, deep into the nuclear world. ****