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Whether the world be finite, and whether there be more than one world... (2025)
Directed by Corey Hughes
“To describe the world is to create another.”
Science Fiction, Documentary · 10m
To describe the world is to create another. A disembodied narrator recounts the life and death of Pliny the Elder, author of the first encyclopedia. Excerpts from Pliny’s "Naturalis Historia," echo between past and present, real and virtual, tracing the evolution of knowledge from written encyclopedias to modern AI algorithms.
Cast
Federica Ferro
Crew
- Director
- Corey Hughes
- Director of Photography
- Corey Hughes
- Editor
- Corey Hughes
Details
- Release date
- 2025-08-22
- Runtime
- 10m
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Production
- Expanded Views