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Death by Design

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This documentary focuses on the most basic elements of human existence, exploring the life cycles of various kinds of cells. Making use of a technique called microcinematography, director Peter Friedman takes his audience inside the body and explains why some cells prosper, combining to reproduce and form organs, and why others result in disease. Complicated scientific concepts are illustrated with easily understandable examples drawn from the worlds of art and architecture.

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Walter Goodman New York Times What lingers are the surprising, revealing visual metaphors for an astoundingly orchestrated process featuring what the program rightly boasts is ''a cast of billions.'' Dec 8, 2017 Full Review Ellen Dwyer One Room With A View This insightful and rousing documentary about our rampant consumption of technology opens the lid on the environmental and human catastrophe caused by technology - once watched you will never see an Apple product in the same way again. Rated: 4/5 Apr 2, 2019 Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com contains a few nuggets I didn't already know, but by and large it's entry-to-mid-level material Rated: 3.5/5 Jul 2, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Best biology documentary ever ... 10 stars! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member A great little documentary about the life and death of cells. It doesn't go into a lot of depth, but that's OK. And, because it was made in '95, it doesn't rely upon high-tech CGI. Instead it uses very basic, but very real, footage of cells shot at the micro-level. Lot's of neat little images of squiggly, wormy, bubbly little things moving about. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Peter Friedman

Director

Jean-François Brunet

Director

Peter Friedman

Writer

Jean-François Brunet

Writer

Emmanuel Laurent

Producer

Peter Friedman

Producer
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Synopsis This documentary focuses on the most basic elements of human existence, exploring the life cycles of various kinds of cells. Making use of a technique called microcinematography, director Peter Friedman takes his audience inside the body and explains why some cells prosper, combining to reproduce and form organs, and why others result in disease. Complicated scientific concepts are illustrated with easily understandable examples drawn from the worlds of art and architecture.
Director
Peter Friedman, Jean-François Brunet
Producer
Emmanuel Laurent, Peter Friedman
Screenwriter
Peter Friedman, Jean-François Brunet
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 29, 2016
Runtime
1h 13m