The House of Science: A Museum of False Facts

Synopsis

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

Main Cast

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

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Lynne Sachs
Crew	Sound Design Assistant	John Baker
Production	Research Assistant	Craig Baldwin David Kuchta Thomas W. Laqueur
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