We continue on-to microbe-rich hot springs in the American West mountaintop telescopes at Keck Observatory, in Hawaii deep-sea methane vents in the Pacific a monkey island-observing some of the people seeking to understand the mysteries of the universe. D’Angelo heads to Brussels, to the lab of the cognitive scientist Axel Cleeremans, who has him strap on an EEG cap and make a robotic hand move with his thoughts. Having two scientists discuss the Rumsfeldian realm of known and unknown unknowns makes for a far-out beginning, but as the journey continues the film becomes more grounded in wonders that we can comprehend. We begin in central Italy, on a deep-cave spelunk with the geomicrobiologist Jennifer Macalady-“This is probably the most beautiful slime I’ve ever seen,” she says-who then travels to Milan to talk to the particle physicist Davide D’Angelo about dark matter. The film, which is in theatres and heads to Netflix in August, follows nine scientists, working in realms from physics to neuroscience, who visit one another blind-date style. If Richard Linklater’s “Slacker” followed scientists across the planet, instead of weirdos across Austin, it might feel a bit like “ The Most Unknown,” a gorgeous, amiable documentary directed by Ian Cheney (“King Corn,” “The Search for General Tso”).
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