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Death by Design: Where Parallel Worlds Meet

Jan 1, 1997 · 1h 10m
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A guided tour into the invisible world of cells, told through a collage of metaphors. Discusses and portrays the invisible world of cells, how they communicate with each other, work together, reproduce, and die, all to benefit the larger organism of which they are a part. State-of-the-art micro-cinematography is playfully intercut with parallel images from life at the human scale: a hundred lighted violins, imploding skyscrapers, pieces of film on the cutting room floor.

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CAST

Klaus-Michael Debatin
Pierre Golstein
Robert Horvitz
Rita Levi-Montalcini
Polly Matzinger
Martin Raff
Directed by Jean-François Brunet

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Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
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—
Production
ITVS
Country
US

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