Princeton: A Search for Answers

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Movie
Original title Princeton: A Search for Answers
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1974
length 30 minutes
Rod
Director Julian Krainin ,
DeWitt Sage
script DeWitt Sage
production Julian Krainin,
DeWitt L. Sage Jr.
music Scott Joplin
camera Julian Krainin
cut Sarah Stein
occupation
  • William G. Bowen: Professor of Physics and Dean of the Faculty
  • Edward Cone: Professor of Music
  • Aaron Lemonick - Physics
  • Daniel Seltzer - Subject English
  • John Wheeler : Professor of Physics
  • Ann Douglas Wood: Technical English

- all as themselves -

Princeton University's Nassau Hall .

Princeton: A Search for Answers (German: Princeton: A search for answers ) is an American documentary - short film by Julian Krainin and DeWitt Sage from 1974. Both were presented at the Oscar ceremony in 1974 with an Oscar for they produce film excellent.

content

It portrays teachers and students at Princeton University who are teachers on the one hand and learners on the other. Located in the city of Princeton in the US state of New Jersey , the private university is the fourth oldest university in the USA and a founding member of the Association of American Universities . It was founded in 1746, its motto is Dei sub numine viget (“It blooms under God's protection”). It is not only one of the most respected, but also one of the richest universities in the world.

The topics offered to the students range from the black hole , an object that, according to the general theory of relativity, deforms space-time so much through a sufficiently compact mass that a black hole is formed, to the B minor mass by Johann Sebastian Bach , one of the most important sacred compositions. The question arises as to why we teach or why we learn. What answers are given to us?

Production, background, publication

The film was produced by Krainin-Sage Productions, Inc. New York, which also took over the distribution itself. DeWitt spent several months on the Princeton campus, attending courses and seminars, and talking to students, faculty, and staff. The focus of the film is on education, scholarships, and student-teacher relationships.

Filmmakers Julian Krainin and DeWitt Sage used the testimony of a Princeton student who said he came there not to make a living afterwards, but to find a way to live a full life Basis for their film: It seems that it should be the responsibility of a large university not so much to answer the question of how to lead a successful life, but to give the students the tools and courage to use them for can find the right answer for himself.

The film was first released on March 21, 1974 in New York.

criticism

For the New York Times' Nora Sayre, the film's Oscar nomination was somewhat of a mystery. The alleged documentation mocked the seriousness of teaching and learning when questions were raised, such as is man an animal - only with a different mind or it was established that no one really knew what a galaxy was like. Teachers would be poorly presented if their work was presented as a smooth collage. Aside from a lovely reading of Maß für Maß and a choir rehearsal for Bach's B minor Mass, the professors and students seemed desperately aware of the camera. However, the people shown were not used to characterize the institution or to distinguish it from other universities.

Film producer and director Joshua Logan , who began his career as a stage writer and director at Princeton's Triangle Club and was a student at Princeton himself, said the film was a moving, fun, and stimulating representation of a university he once knew , but almost forgot again. He remembered the shimmer that brushed the human mind and gave man something to hope for and to live for. That makes humanity a little better.

The Daily Princetonian said the film didn't focus enough on the students. On the other hand, he emphasizes strictly the strictly academic aspect of Princeton, the class experience, the faculty. It also focuses too much on the science and technology fields and thus offers a distorted view of Princeton.

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The 46th Academy Awards | 1974 sS oscars.org (English)
  2. ↑ Nora Sayre: "CasualRelations" and "Princeton" on Bill In: The New York Times , March 23, 1974 (English). Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b c Helene van Russum: Princeton: A Search for Answers sS blogs.princeton.edu with the original film (English)