▁sc anner ▁is ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁to ▁reve al ▁details ▁in ▁the ▁map ▁which ▁could ▁not ▁be ▁disc ern ed ▁by ▁the ▁human ▁eye . ▁ ▁Loc ales ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁shot ▁on ▁location ▁in ▁the ▁V at ican , ▁the ▁U ff izi ▁Gallery ▁in ▁Florence , ▁the ▁V at ican ▁Library , ▁London , ▁Berlin ▁and ▁Scotland . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁▁ ▁Die ▁Zeit ▁comments ▁that ▁the ▁film ▁is ▁worth ▁seeing ▁" as ▁a ▁background ▁for ▁the ▁block b uster ▁[ R on ▁Howard ' s ▁film ] ▁– ▁or ▁instead ." ▁and ▁further ▁comments ▁that ▁Ron ▁Howard ' s ▁film ▁only ▁briefly ▁shows ▁a ▁projection ▁of ▁the ▁map , ▁while ▁in ▁Ralph ▁Loop ' s ▁film ▁the ▁vie wer ▁can ▁" mar vel ▁at ▁the ▁mi racle ▁in ▁detail ". ▁The ▁rev iewer ▁further ▁asks ▁" A ▁whole ▁film ▁about ▁a ▁dark ly ▁colored ▁drawing ▁of ▁just ▁ 3 0 ▁by ▁ 4 0 ▁cent im eters , ▁centuries ▁old ▁– ▁is ▁not ▁that ▁ter rib ly ▁dry ?" ▁con cluding ▁that ▁" In ▁fact , ▁the ▁small ▁film ▁is ▁not ▁meant ▁to ▁provide ▁new ▁ins ights ▁to ▁art ▁scient ists . ▁But ▁it ▁ent ert ains ▁us ▁non - ex per ts ▁in ▁the ▁best ▁possible ▁[ way ] ▁with ▁the ▁little ▁material ▁that ▁can ▁be ▁fil med ▁in ▁this ▁subject ▁so ▁we ▁see ▁sh ots ▁of ▁Florence ▁and ▁Rome ... ". ▁Die ▁Zeit ▁finally ▁con cludes , ▁" Any one ▁who ▁can ▁free ▁himself ▁from ▁such