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Hey, pod friends! :)
It’s Brittney and back with another episode from The Reclusive Blogger… Interviews. For today’s episode here we’ve got a cool one. that. If you’re a NASA and space nerd like me I think you’ll love this!
Before I get started and introduce my guest for the episode I wanted to thank everyone who has continued to listen and subscribe. It truly means the world to mean that you enjoy my content.
For this interview, I’ve done a 180 and switched gears from music to film, to speak with documentary filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn on my podcast. You may know him from his previous work such as ‘My Architect’ (a documentary about his father), architect Louis Kahn, or ‘The Hunt for Planet B’. Now with his latest documentary the masterful IMAX film, “Deep Sky”, he explores the making of the JWST, aka the James Webb Space Telescope. A telescope that has produced some of the most beautiful, underworldly images ever, but the most important images ever, allowing us to see how our planet and solar system began. So, yes, technically, galaxies far, far away. You can read the full documentary synopsis below.
Deep Sky Sypnosis: “The highly anticipated documentary, Deep Sky, brings the awe-inspiring images captured by NASA's Webb Telescope to IMAX® — taking audiences on a journey to the beginning of time and space, to never-before-seen cosmic landscapes, and to recently discovered exoplanets, planets around other stars. Deep Sky follows the high-stakes global mission to build JWST and to launch it into orbit one-million miles from Earth, in an attempt to answer questions that have haunted us since the beginning of time: Where did we come from? How did the universe begin? Are we alone? 13 billion years in the making, “Deep Sky” reveals the universe as we have never seen it before; immersing audiences in the stunning pictures beamed back to earth by NASA’s new telescope — and capturing their vast beauty at a scale that can only be experienced on the giant IMAX screen.”
In this hour-long discussion we not only talk about his latest work Deep Sky, thoughts on JWST, working with IMAX, and the film’s narrator, actress Michelle Williams, his filmmaking career, influences, and much more. This is the perfect episode to settle in with a cup of tea (or coffee), and a snack, then just hit play. This is perfect for those who like to listen on a long journey/ride home! You know who you are…
Lastly, I’d like to thank Jenna Wilen for facilitating the conversation and Nathaniel Kahn for taking time out and speaking with me. I am looking forward to our next conversation.
Deep Sky is out now in over 300 commercial IMAX theatres nationwide. Be sure not to miss it!
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The Reclusive Blogger... Interviews Documentary Filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn