February 19, 2012

Not Your Dad's Science Films

Not Your Dad's Science Films (Even if You See Them With Your Dad) 2

Barefoot Films

Stills from the film Just Trial and Error, about consciousness, feature the sculptor Antony Gormley's "Another Place," 100 life-size figures along three kilometers of English shoreline.

By Daniel Malamud and Randy Malamud

Szolnok, Hungary

Film emerged out of science. The invention of motion-picture technology was a scientific triumph, from the invention of photography to the development of sophisticated cameras and audiovisual effects. For early audiences, the mere experience of going to the movies involved participating in a cutting-edge scientific project.

If film and science have drifted apart along the lines of C.P. Snow's postulation—two polar cultures marked by a "gulf of mutual incomprehension"—a

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