Eye of the Astronomer

2012
Eye of the Astronomer
7.2| 1h30m| en| More Info
Released: 21 February 2012 Released
Producted By: Les Films d'Ici
Country: France
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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During the summer of the year 1610 one of the first telescopes made by Galileo ends up in the hands of Jean Kepler in Prague who at the time was the astronomer of Emperor Rudolp II. Kepler observes the night-sky as nobody has seen it before him. His observation platform becomes the meeting place of Prague's imperial court. In this entourage Kepler separates science from superstition, freedom from intolerance.

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Martin B. Landry Very instructive film. I knew little about Kepler before sitting down at this screening, and now I know much more! Who knew that spending 10 nights looking into a telescope could be so exciting!Still, the film feels too much like a play. On screen, the actors come in and out around Kepler as they would on a stage. The director, before the projection, warned us that he tried to avoid resorting to the usual tricks of storytelling in film with this project. No love interest, no jokes, no drama other than the drama of scientific exploration!In that respect I suppose he achieved his goal, but as public we feel a bit shortchanged.