Additional information
| ISBN | 979-8-89966-772-5 |
|---|---|
| Author | Edite Felgueiras |
| Publisher | |
| Publication year | |
| Language | |
| Number of pages | 87 |
Science through the Narrative Lens
What does science look like when Hollywood is no longer calling the shots?For more than a century, cinema has shaped how we imagine science and the people who make it. Yet much of what we know about that relationship comes from one place: the commercial mainstream. Science through the Narrative Lens turns instead to independent […]
ISBN: 979-8-89966-772-5
€29.99
Description
What does science look like when Hollywood is no longer calling the shots?
For more than a century, cinema has shaped how we imagine science and the people who make it. Yet much of what we know about that relationship comes from one place: the commercial mainstream. Science through the Narrative Lens turns instead to independent cinema, asking what changes when scientific stories are told beyond the pressures and conventions of Hollywood.
Drawing on 170 documentary, animation and fiction short films from 37 countries, the book traces the scientist on screen from the mad genius and solitary hero to a more diverse contemporary figure. It explores which sciences independent filmmakers choose to show, how they explain complex ideas, and which familiar stereotypes they leave behind or quietly preserve.
The result is neither a celebration nor an indictment of independent cinema. It is a revealing portrait of a medium rewriting some of our oldest images of science while leaving others remarkably intact — and of the stories through which we continue to imagine who scientists are, how knowledge is made, and what science means.
