The Faraway Nearby
2024
1 hr 18 min
English
Would you risk it all for a chance at being the first to make a discovery, even if it consumed your life? Physicists, artists, and other creatives explore the emotional side of discovery and question whether the risk is worth the journey.
$850,000
The Faraway Nearby follows the tragic life of pioneer physicist Joseph Weber, whose pursuit of gravitational waves takes him on a dizzying journey from the height of acclaim to the depths of despair and disdain when he breaks the cardinal rule of science and clings to his ideas though his results can't be duplicated. Physicists, artists, and other creatives explore the emotional side of discovery and question whether the risk is worth the journey.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Opal Pictures
Keywords
- obsession
- physics
- art
- astronomy
- discovery
- spacetime
- science
- blackholes
- scientific theory
- albert einstein
- joe weber
- gravitational waves
- ligo
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Top Cast
Mark Czoske as Joe Weber
Kip Thorne as Himself
Rana Adhikari as Himself
Rainer Weiss as Himself
Nergis Mavalvala as Herself
Alan Lightman as Himself
Lia Halloran as Herself
Silas Riener as Himself
Top Crew
Paula M. Froehle · Director, Writer
Alan Lightman · Writer
Samuel J. Rong · Editor
Hussain Currimbhoy · Producer
Steven H. Cohen · Producer
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