'Vatican Museums' Documentary Recommended by EMRO

The Janson Media 3 Disc DVD set The Vatican Museums was recommended in a recent review by Educational Media Reviews Online. Highlighted in the review is the film's comprehensive overview of the the museum's vast collection and the meticulous construction of its architecture and decor design.

This lengthy presentation mirrors the huge collections of one of the world"s most spectacular museums. Although the Vatican Museum is sometimes thought of as one museum, it is actually many, and this set takes the viewer on a tour of a myriad of its highlights. The viewer will feel as if he or she is walking through the museums halls or flying over the outside buildings, always moving. This technique attempts to avoid the static feel of looking at paintings and sculptures that are simply sitting there - and it works. Stills are also used, some superimposed on others. Clips of old films (both motion pictures and news-type coverage) are inserted in a few places to illustrate that point in history.

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The Vatican Museums was the culmination of three years of research and filming, the collaboration of thirty-two scholars and historians from around the world, a crew of forty directors of photography, operators, and lighting technicians, state-of-the-art digital cinematography, lighting, animation, and computerized editing, and the work of a famous composer with original performances by master musicians.

Now available on DVD for the first time, this historic three-disc collection features seven hours of magnificent documentary film that illuminates and chronicles the great journey of the human spirit. Here then is the world"s most spectacular and sacred repository of art, history, and faith.

Educational Media Reviews Online (EMRO) is a database of video, DVD, audio CD and CD-ROM reviews of materials from major educational and documentary distributors and independent filmmakers. The reviews are written by librarians and teaching faculty in institutions across the United States and Canada.