Movie Love: Measuring the World

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w. Good grief. That is a long time. Anyways..Since the lockdown, they’ve asked listeners to review any movie they want since there aren’t any box office references to go by — we have been given the go-ahead to review movies present and past. Here I am and I’ve chosen a German film from 2012 called <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1571401/">Measuring the World</a>“I am French! I don’t read foreigners.” Says Emile in response to Alexander Von Humbolt’s musings on Immanuel Kant. Now, who says German movies aren’t funny? This one is and I loved it. Directed by Detlev Buck, the film follows two geniuses of the day, Alexander Humbolt and Carl Friedrich Gauss. Adapted from the best-selling novel by Daniel Kehlmann, we are presented with two independent plot strands. Well, maybe not so much plot as let’s see how scientists fared in the 18th cent

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ury — and that is what gives this film the drama: the how they lived. Time-traveling anyway I can — I’m in.Gauss had his adventures at home, in Germany. Humbolt had his experiences in the Amazon region. Great actors, lush locations, naturalistic production design, decent cinematography; relayed with situation comedy. You feel the cold, the dirt, the grime, the dampness, the horror of life in the late 1700s.Don’t see it as an attempt to give historical facts (which would be totally boring anyway) but to immerse the viewer in a time we can travel through the eyes of the characters and the sensitive direction of Detlev Buck, who, full disclosure, I’ve worked with and who is a funny, talented guy.“Measuring the World” is available on DVD and a streaming service near you. Or, read the book by Daniel Kehlmann.</article></body>

A Day in the Life of an 18th Century Scientist

The podcast I've been listening to since 2004: aka LTL (long-term listener) in the world of Wittertainment aka Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review presented by film critic Mark Kermode and host Simon Mayo — available Fridays, live, on BBC Five Live or the aforementioned podcast, have given their blessings to review any movie. Not only the latest releases. The podcast itself is entertaining and highly recommended. I mean, c’mon, I’ve been a loyal listener for 17 years. Wow. Good grief. That is a long time. Anyways..

Since the lockdown, they’ve asked listeners to review any movie they want since there aren’t any box office references to go by — we have been given the go-ahead to review movies present and past. Here I am and I’ve chosen a German film from 2012 called Measuring the World

“I am French! I don’t read foreigners.” Says Emile in response to Alexander Von Humbolt’s musings on Immanuel Kant. Now, who says German movies aren’t funny? This one is and I loved it. Directed by Detlev Buck, the film follows two geniuses of the day, Alexander Humbolt and Carl Friedrich Gauss. Adapted from the best-selling novel by Daniel Kehlmann, we are presented with two independent plot strands. Well, maybe not so much plot as let’s see how scientists fared in the 18th century — and that is what gives this film the drama: the how they lived. Time-traveling anyway I can — I’m in.

Gauss had his adventures at home, in Germany. Humbolt had his experiences in the Amazon region. Great actors, lush locations, naturalistic production design, decent cinematography; relayed with situation comedy. You feel the cold, the dirt, the grime, the dampness, the horror of life in the late 1700s.

Don’t see it as an attempt to give historical facts (which would be totally boring anyway) but to immerse the viewer in a time we can travel through the eyes of the characters and the sensitive direction of Detlev Buck, who, full disclosure, I’ve worked with and who is a funny, talented guy.

“Measuring the World” is available on DVD and a streaming service near you. Or, read the book by Daniel Kehlmann.