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''Universe'' is a black-and-white short documentary made in 1960 by the National Film Board of Canada. It "creates on the screen a vast, awe-inspiring picture of the universe as it would appear to a voyager through space. Realistic animation takes you into far regions of space, beyond the reach of the strongest telescope, past Moon, Sun, and Milky Way into galaxies yet unfathomed." This visualization is grounded in the nightly work of Dr. Donald MacRae, an astronomer at the David Dunlap Observatory in Richmond Hill, Ontario, a facility formerly owned and operated by the University of Toronto, Canada, and now operated by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Using the technology of his era, MacRae prepares his largely manually operated equipment and then photographs, by long exposure, one star. He actually strikes an arc between iron electrodes and makes a simultaneous exposure, which he can compare to the star's spectrum to determine its movement relative to Earth. The film was a nominee at the 33rd Academy Awards in the category of Best Documentary Short Subject in 1961.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=IMDb.com: Universe )〕 Douglas Rain did the narration for the English version; the French version was titled ''Notre univers'' with narration by Gilles Pelletier. Eldon Rathburn composed the musical score. ==Influence on ''2001''== After this work, co-director Colin Low worked with Stanley Kubrick on ''2001: A Space Odyssey''. His work on this short may have influenced Kubrick to begin his project. Kubrick chose ''Universe'' narrator Douglas Rain as the voice of the HAL 9000 computer and also hired Wally Gentleman, who did optical effects for the NFB documentary, to work on ''2001''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Universe (1960 film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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