CINEMA AND SCIENCE: THE HYBRID BODY

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/2175497766686

Keywords:

Film. Science. Hybrid.

Abstract

The relationship between science and cinema has not always been peaceful. If film has been fundamental to scientific and technological progress thanks to the register of movement, when cinema took over fiction, it became interested in the literary stories of mad scientists, who chose to transgress the ethical codes of their field in the name of creating a perfect humanity. Artificial genetic creation laboratories are a reality close to home today, with the insertion of human cells into animal embryos. From Dr. Moreau to contemporary research, the cinematic imagination allows us to examine the fantasies of omnipotence that easily seize researchers,
and confront them with the destructive consequences of their megalomania.

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Author Biography

Inês Gil, Universidade Lusófona, Portugal

Associate Professor at Universidade Lusófona where she teaches film since
2000. She completed her PhD in Cinema at the Paris 8 University in 2002, with a thesis on
Atmosphere in Cinema. In 2010, she concluded a Post-Doctorate on cinematographic patina
in film archive. Inês Gil is currently coordinating a research project on Portuguese Scientific
Cinema. She is also a director of documentaries and installations in video art and regularly
participates in juries of international film festivals.

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Published

2021-07-12

How to Cite

Gil, I. (2021). CINEMA AND SCIENCE: THE HYBRID BODY. Animus.Inter-American Journal of Media Communication, 20(43). https://doi.org/10.5902/2175497766686

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 43 (2021)

Section

CULTURAL & TECHNOLOGICAL IMAGES

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