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Chronos

Chronos

A visual and musical journey through time

19857.50h 43m

Overview

Carefully picked scenes of nature and civilization are viewed at high speed using time-lapse cinematography in an effort to demonstrate the history of various regions.

Directed by Ron Fricke
Written by Genevieve Nicholas, Constantine Nicholas
Produced by Jeffrey Kirsch, Ron Fricke
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Themes & Keywords

naturetime lapse photographypoetic documentary

About Chronos

Chronos is a documentary film released in 1985 exploring themes of nature, time lapse photography, poetic documentary. Directed by Ron Fricke, Carefully picked scenes of nature and civilization are viewed at high speed using time-lapse cinematography in an effort to demonstrate the history of various regions.

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