- As humans, we can't really understand ourselves without seeing ourselves reflected in the environment around us. This episode focuses on anthropomorphism and the age old questions of our existence.
- First episode of the documentary series investigating supernatural and paranormal phenomena. First segment analyzes recently declassified 1969 NASA footage of Earth filmed from space; NASA technicians appear to have isolated and highlighted anthropomorphic forms-the Greek god Apollo, a shih tzu dog, a shark-emerging from weather patterns visible only from space. History of anthropomorphism. Second segment investigates 2006 disappearance of artist Matthew Day Jackson. Jackson's van found ransacked in New York. Black box in van contains thousands of photographs taken by Jackson on trip across US. Photos depict strange faces in rock formations: self-portraits by the vanished artist? Third segment examines the "Eidolon Find," enigmatic anthropological artifacts-a stone mirror, a primitive drinking vessel, a large brass ring inscribed with runes-unearthed in New Mexico in 2006 and on view at time of filming at Metropolitan Museum in New York.—David Tompkins
- First episode of the documentary series investigating supernatural and paranormal phenomena. Opening narration, over collaged documentary footage: Since the beginning of time, humankind has looked to the heavenssearching for meaning in the shimmering lights of the night sky searching in the stars for a reflection of ourselves and of our beliefs in order to make sense of the supposed chaos which is daily life. The history of Man is the history of his own reflection Science, Art, and Technology bring us closer and closer to answering the fundamental questions that have haunted man for millennia Who we are, where did we come from, and what lies waiting in our future. Credits, with producers statement: This series presents information based in part on theory and conjecture. The producers purpose is to suggest some possible explanations, but not necessarily the only ones, to the mysteries we will examine. First segment analyzes recently declassified 1969 NASA footage of Earth filmed from space; NASA technicians appear to have isolated and highlighted anthropomorphic formsthe Greek god Apollo, a shitzu, a sharkemerging from weather patterns visible only from space. History of anthropomorphism. Dramatization of anthropomorphic impulse through 1960 Peanuts comic strip. Interview with MIT professor and author David A. Mindell. Second segment investigates 2006 disappearance of artist Matthew Day Jackson. Jacksons van found ransacked in New York. Black box in van contains thousands of photographs taken by Jackson on trip across US. Photos depict sites such as Manzanar, Wounded Knee, and Trinity Test Sitewhat artist called open sores. Other photos depict strange faces in rock formations: self-portraits by the vanished artist? Third segment examines the Eidolon Find, enigmatic anthropological artifactsa stone mirror, a primitive drinking vessel, a large brass ring inscribed with runesunearthed in New Mexico in 2006 and on view at time of filming at Metropolitan Museum in New York. MIT professor and author Deborah Douglas interviewed. Conflicting theories as to origins of objects discussed. Linkages suggested between topics discussed in episode.
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By what name was In Search of... Eidolon (2010) officially released in Canada in English?
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