The Island of Dr. Moreau, John Frankenheimer, 1996

Co-organized by the Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung Berlin and the Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte Berlin.

Assuming that film is a major cultural actor, not (or at least not always) a passive "reflection" of processes and ideas that take place in the societies in which it is produced, this series wishes to explore how movies display, perform, represent, elaborate and discuss scientific theories (and, often, related practices).
Each film will be accompanied by a small selection of relevant texts (distributed in advance), and each session will be followed by a discussion briefly introduced by one of the series participants.

Next sessions:

7.3.2008
"Freud, the Secret Passion", John Huston, 1962 (Fernando Vidal)

25.4.2008
"Colossus: The Forbin Project", Joseph Sargent, 1970 (Birk Weiberg)
a text to accompany the film we'll watch and discuss:
Herman Kahn; Irwin Mann: War Gaming. July 30, 1957

2.5.2008
"Anders als die Anderen", Richard Oswald, 1919 (Dirk Naguschewski)
a text to accompany the film we'll watch and discuss:
James Steakly: "Anders als die Andern". Ein Film und seine Geschichte. Bibliothek rosa Winkel Bd. 43. Hamburg 2007, S. 16-26; 124-127

13.6.2008
"Wilhelm Reich. Mysteries of the Organism", Dusan Makavejev, 1971 (Margarete Vöhringer)

4.7.2008
"Bienenfilme", Kultur- und Wissenschaftsfilme, 1926-1944 (Tania Muntz)