NOVA - The Miracle of Life
by Mikael Agaton
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Actor: Bo Moller, David Ogden Stiers, Hans Wigzell, Hans-Jochen Lunemann, Klaus RennerDirector: Mikael Agaton
Brand: WGBH BOSTON VIDEO
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: Academy Ratio, 1.33:1
Running Time: 60 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-03-28
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: WGBH Boston
DVD Reviews of NOVA - The Miracle of Life
DVD Review: Sex ed
Summary: 2 Stars
This DVD is basically the sex ed you got in public school. I was disappointed when I wasted time watching and the last ten minutes covered babies.DVD Review: A Must Have For Parents
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this film on PBS over a decade ago and have searched for it every since...it is a must have for parents, as it can act as a segwag into that dreaded conversation about the "birds and the bees"...DVD Review: MIRACLE OF LIFE
Summary: 5 Stars
One fine informative and educational tool that makes a difficult subject interesting and easy to understand. Should be in every school in the nation.DVD Review: Great DVD - just as good as the VHS
Summary: 4 Stars
My wife and I watched the VHS after we were married per our parents advice. Learned more then in Sex-Ed, of course I had a reason. Good quality pictures that captivate and bring the whole process of conception home.
This is well worth watching for mature audiences.
DVD Review: If you are interested in this DVD, you may want to purchase the 2-DVD series!
Summary: 4 Stars
This is an EXCELLENT DVD! My only disappointment with was that it stops showing the development of the baby in-utero at about 20 weeks and goes right to the birth. The birth itself is very outdated because it shows a woman in a sterile delivery room, lying flat on her back, pushing (which we now know is not an optimal position for birthing. Otherwise, its still holds up after all these years.
Buyers should be aware that the other NOVA DVD: The Miracle of Life/ Life's First Feelings NOVA: The Miracle of Life/Life's First Feelings IS actually two separate DVDs in one. So, if you are considering getting The Miracle of Life and can afford to, you might want to buy that one. I mistakenly bought BOTH because the Amazon listing said it was ONE DVD and I thought it was an enhanced version of the original The Miracle of Life. It is actually an additional DVD that compliments the first one. I highly recommend both - BUT FYI: the second DVD was originally produced in 1986, so even that, while fascinating, it feels very outdated now.
Description of NOVA - The Miracle of Life
Each minute all over the world a baby is born. An everyday occurrence yet each birth is the culmination of one of nature's most complex mysterious and seemingly miraculous processes. A dramatic breakthrough in science and cinematography The Miracle of Life takes you on an incredible voyage through the human body as a new life begins. World-renowned Swedish photographer Lennart Nilsson presents a spectacular look at a microscopic world of beautiful colors and forms deep inside ourselves. See the egg as it is released by the ovary and follow the sperm from its early development through ejaculation and then on its perilous journey toward the egg. With magnification of up to half a million times the actual size you can see exactly what happens at the moment of conception. After the sperm fertilizes the egg the camera follows the development of the single new cell into an embryo then fetus until finally a baby is born. Never before has this extraordinary process been filmed!System Requirements:Running Time: 60 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating:?NR UPC:?783421287396 Manufacturer No:?WG799Still startlingly beautiful after several years, Nova's The Miracle of Life records human conception for the first time on film, and much more. Living, functioning reproductive systems are laid bare to the camera, and there is so much to explore and absorb that Nova's expert guidance is much needed and appreciated. The viewer follows an egg from its follicular development in an ovary, through the delicate, flowery fallopian tube for fertilization, and on to the uterus for development and eventual birth. Likewise, we follow the shorter journey of millions of sperm as they develop and strive mightily to reach the egg. (There isn't a man alive who can watch intraurethral footage without squirming--see for yourself!) Photographer Lennart Nilsson has shown us something profoundly beautiful and yet has left its fundamental mystery intact. The Miracle of Life is a rarity: a documentary that is also art. --Rob Lightner
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