TY  - GEN
AB  - In an age of sophisticated technology, this film helps us appreciate the enormous contribution to culture, politics, industry and even human psychology of Johann Gutenberg's 15th century achievement - the printing press. Stephen Fry, writer and actor, energetically explores the story of the machine, and of the man who created it. To really understand the man and his machine Stephen gathers a team of craftsmen to help him build a copy of Gutenberg's printing press and sets himself the task of learning how to make the paper and type to print as Gutenberg once did. It is through these practical trials and tests that Stephen demonstrates the brilliance of Gutenberg's invention and brings the man and his machine to life. The film also investigates why printing mattered so much to Gutenberg and his contemporaries. It explores the political and religious turmoil which shaped Gutenberg's world, and was affected by this invention.
AU  - Fry, Stephen,
AU  - McGrady, Patrick.
CY  - New York, NY :
DA  - 2009.
ID  - 1355055
KW  - Printing presses
KW  - Printing
KW  - Communication
LA  - This edition in English.
LK  - http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?FLON;1641521
N1  - Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 14, 2013).
N2  - In an age of sophisticated technology, this film helps us appreciate the enormous contribution to culture, politics, industry and even human psychology of Johann Gutenberg's 15th century achievement - the printing press. Stephen Fry, writer and actor, energetically explores the story of the machine, and of the man who created it. To really understand the man and his machine Stephen gathers a team of craftsmen to help him build a copy of Gutenberg's printing press and sets himself the task of learning how to make the paper and type to print as Gutenberg once did. It is through these practical trials and tests that Stephen demonstrates the brilliance of Gutenberg's invention and brings the man and his machine to life. The film also investigates why printing mattered so much to Gutenberg and his contemporaries. It explores the political and religious turmoil which shaped Gutenberg's world, and was affected by this invention.
PB  - Filmakers Library,
PP  - New York, NY :
PY  - 2009.
T1  - The machine that made us
TI  - The machine that made us
UR  - http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?FLON;1641521
ER  -