The House of Science: A Museum of False Facts

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

Documentary

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

Director: Lynne Sachs

Casts

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

Crew