Proteus (2004)
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28% of critics liked it
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47% of users liked it
(737 ratings)
Filmmaker David Lebrun casts his eye on the evolution of art, science, and the world around us in this fusion of documentary and experimental forms. Ernst Haeckel was a 19th Century biologist with a keen interest in art; he found a way to merge these two disciplines when he published the book Art… More Filmmaker David Lebrun casts his eye on the evolution of art, science, and the world around us in this fusion of documentary and experimental forms. Ernst Haeckel was a 19th Century biologist with a keen interest in art; he found a way to merge these two disciplines when he published the book Art Forms in Nature, in which he offered detailed sketches of nearly 4,000 different single-celled organisms. As Lebrun tells the story of Haeckel and his work, he meditates upon the vision shared by the artists and scientist and other great minds of the age, and uses Haeckel's images as a jumping off point for his own visual explorations. Proteus received its world premier at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- David Lebrun
- Genres
- Art House & International, Documentary, Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Mystery & Suspense, Special Interest
R,
- In Theaters
- Jul 30, 2004 Wide
- Studio
- Strand Releasing
Critic Reviews
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Jason Anderson, Globe and Mail
Grounded by the stark physicality of the location and the emotional charge generated by those prison-bound passions (Jean Genet would have approved).
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Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
Is it a movie or the best-designed episode of Nova ever?
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Mary Brennan, Seattle Times
Problematic on almost all levels.
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Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Involving and affecting even if it is not completely coherent or fully realized.
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Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Clearly attempting to make the story relevant for contemporary times, they use a variety of stylistic devices that serves to have the opposite effect, distancing us from a story that might have been far more compelling if rendered in a direct fashion.
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Cast
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Marian Seldes
as Narrator
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Corey Burton
as Ernst Hackel
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Richard Dysart
as Ancient Mariner
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Philip Proctor
as Wolfgang von Goethe
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James Warwick
as Log Of HMS Challenger
- John Greyson
- Phil Proctor
