The House of Science: A Museum of False Facts

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The House of Science: A Museum of False Facts (1991)

Directed by Lynne Sachs

Documentary · 30m

The winner of numerous festival prizes, this early work by Lynne Sachs is a provocative film essay on women's perspectives on their bodies in a "man's world." It touches on everything from the female form's depiction in Renaissance art to the school of 19th century "scientific" thought equating "abnormal" physiognomy with criminality. This adventurous collage also features the filmmaker's own diaristic recollections (notably of being fitted for a diaphragm by a cold, intimidating doctor), poetical staged sequences, other women's audio testimonies, an old classroom instructional reel about menstruation, prose by Gertrude Stein and feminine "ideals" like the undulating young woman performing in fish-tail costumes at Florida's kitschy Weeki-Wachee Springs "Underwater Mermaid Theater." - Dennis Harvey

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Cast

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Sarah Beams
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Amelia Dunne
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Barbara Frank
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Stacey Gilbertson
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Tashwanna Harrell
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Amelia Large
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LaDonna McKinney
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Dana Sachs Lynne Sachs
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Leslie Alperin
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Gigi DeRoux
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Irish Higgens

Crew

Director
Lynne Sachs

Details

Release date
1991-01-01
Runtime
30m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America