- Date
- Monday 13 May 2024, 21:30 - 23:30
- Type
- Presentation
- Spoken Language
- English
- Location
Film theatre KINO, Gouvernestraat 129 - 133 3014 PM Rotterdam
Etienne F. Augé, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and Barry W. Fitzgerald, TU Eindhoven, launch their book ‘Superheroes, a scientist and a historian debate the biggest movie genre today’ on Monday May 13th at film theatre KINO in Rotterdam, with an introduction to the one-time screening of one of the best superhero films ever made: Unbreakable by M. Night Shyamalan.
Superheroes - it is the most popular film genre of the moment, and everyone has an opinion about it, whether it’s in the pub, in a café, or at universities. Etienne F. Augé and Barry W. Fitzgerald crossed paths during a panel on superheroes at Erasmus University in Rotterdam a few years back. Barry is a physicist, Etienne a historian. And both of them are big fans of superheroes.
Their shared love for the genre resulted in the book ‘Superheroes, a scientist and a historian debate the biggest movie genre today’. In Superheroes, they combine their scientific and historian powers in search of the ultimate answers to the key themes within this vast film genre. What is a superhero? What are the ethical dilemmas within the genre? How realistic is the science of superheroes? And what is the future of the superhero?
You can by your ticket via the website of KINO