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Series
Publisher
Ambrose Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Tracking through 12,000 years of history in the Middle East, Europe, and the United States, James Burke shows how past events and technologies led to modern inventions, such as the atomic bomb, engines, electric lamps, telecommunications, the computer, refrigeration, the production line, jets, plastics, rocketry, and movies.
Publisher
Ambrose Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Explores the origins and effects of those inventions that shape our modern world.
"This humorous and upbeat science series show that history is filled with seemingly unrelated discoveries that are actually connected in the most surprising ways. Host James Burke continues to delight viewers as he explores the effects and origins of inventions and events that shape the modern world"--Container cover insert.
4) Naqoyqatsi
Series
Criterion collection volume 642
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Through a variety of cinematic techniques, including slow motion, time-lapse, computer-generated imagery, and found footage, the film tells of a world that has completed the transition from the natural to the artificial. Globalization has been accomplished, all of our interactions are technologically mediated, and all images are manipulated
Publisher
Dimension Home Video
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
On a distant planet, two human colonies are locked in a brutal war. With only remnants of their immense technologies and their vast armies reduced to a few, a group of brave soldiers decides it's time to step up and end the fighting before both sides are pushed to extinction.
Series
Criterion collection volume 25
Publisher
Classic Collection
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
Français
Description
Secret agent Lemmy Caution travels to another galaxy and finds himself in a computer-run society which is dedicated to technology and outlaws emotion.
8) Powaqqatsi
Series
Criterion collection volume 641
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Reggio turns his sights on third-world nations in the Southern hemisphere. Forgoing the sped-up aesthetic of the first film, Powaqqatsi employs a meditative slow motion in order to reveal the beauty of the traditional ways of life in those parts of the planet, and to show how cultures there are being eroded as their environments are taken over by industry.
9) 10,000 km
Publisher
Broad Green Pictures
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Español
Description
One couple, one year apart and two distant cities: Los Angeles and Barcelona. A love story about the challenges of a long distance relationship, and the role of technology in fighting to keep a romance alive.
10) The signal
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Nic, his girlfriend Haley and his buddy Jonah take a detour from an idyllic cross-country road trip when they are contacted by a mysterious hacker who has gained entry into MIT's most secretive networks. But after a rendezvous in an eerily isolated spot goes awry, Nic wakes to a living nightmare in an isolation unit. Interrogated by Dr. Wallace Damon, Nic soon realizes that the only way to decipher the past is to escape the present.
11) Eagle eye
Publisher
DreamWorks Pictures
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Jerry and Rachel are two strangers who are thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, she pushes Jerry and Rachel into a series of increasingly dangerous situations, using the technology of everyday life to track and control their every move. Now they must carry out a high-tech assassination plot of an unscrupulous artificial intelligence system.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009] ©2003
Language
English
Description
Neo discovers that somehow he is able to use his powers in the real world and that his mind can be freed from his body. As a result of which he finds himself trapped on a train station between the Matrix and the Real World. Meanwhile, Zion is preparing for the oncoming war with the machines with little chance of survival. Neo's associates set out to free him from The Merovingian since it's believed that he is the One who will end the war between humans...
13) Bleeding steel
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
While tracking down a deranged, mech-enhanced villain, Lin discovers that a geneticist's lost biochemical invention has been surgically implanted into his missing daughter. With the help of a young hacker, Lin connects the dots between the device that haunts his daughter, his enemy's sinister army, and a strange cultural phenomenon.
14) Fight for space
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In the '60s and '70s, the Space Race inspired a generation to pursue careers in science and technology. Then it all stopped. The film asks why this happened and calls to reawaken our sense of wonder and discovery.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Origami, the century old tradition of paper folding is now at the heart of a scientific revolution. Scientists are discovering that folding is a powerful tool to explore the limits of science. Engineers and designers are now adopting origami designs to conquer space or reshape the world around us. From aircraft design to protein folding to micro-robots, join NOVA to discover how the age-old art of origami is transforming our world.
17) The Circle
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Mae is hired to work for the world's largest and most powerful tech and social media company, she sees it as an opportunity. As she rises through the ranks, she is encouraged by the company's founder, Eamon Bailey, to engage in a groundbreaking experiment that pushes the boundaries of privacy, ethics and ultimately her personal freedom. Her participation in the experiment, and every decision she makes begin to affect the lives and future of her...
18) Keep watching
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A family imprisoned by intruders is forced to play a terrifying game. As the night unfolds, the game's mysterious rules become clear, and the family realizes their nightmare is being streamed live to riveted viewers all over the world, not knowing if what they're seeing is real or staged.
19) Mindgamers
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Students at a quantum academy attempt to create a collective consciousness, only to discover that they themselves are part of a greater experiment.
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