The Human Face
by David Stewart, James Erskine
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Actor: Candice Bergen, David Attenborough, John Cleese, Mali Finn, Pierce BrosnanDirector: David Stewart, James Erskine
Brand: Warner Brothers
Writer: John Cleese
Producer: David Stewart
Producer: James Erskine
Producer: Michael J. Mosley
Producer: Nancy Lavin
Producer: Nicholas Rossiter
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 200 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-08-28
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Warner
DVD Reviews of The Human Face
DVD Review: John Cleese introduces the human face
Summary: 4 Stars
A great series of hour-long episodes with host John Cleese introducing the human expression. It has some humor, but it is also factual with interviews with professionals and sad stories. This video is valuable for an artist to learn more about the reasons behind expression, but it is also a great video to watch for the sake of learning or information. A great tool for the classroom.DVD Review: Very good, but before choose...
Summary: 4 Stars
The product, this dvd, claims some type of "decode" software, if you want to see this in your PC, or a kind of domestic dvd machine capable of to read it format, from Englad, I suppose.
I live in Brazil, and now I had already solved the problem in PC, but I'm still in search of another kind of domestic dvd machine to substitute that I have.
In spite of all, I' glad with my purchase. To buy more I have to solve this problems.
DVD Review: Fun at first - last episode boring
Summary: 3 Stars
The first 3 episodes are pretty interesting and use a combination of animation and strange setups to make the points vivid and entertaining. There were demonstrations of the principles using things I had never seen before such as Indian laughter groups and the 1:1.618 golden ratio (ok I saw this in PI, but didn't know really how it connected to perfect beauty, and I had never studied otherwise).
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In one part, a white woman who was raped by a black man helps to wrongly convict an innocent man for ELEVEN years and the worst thing about how she feels is EMBARRASSED? Wow! If I was responsible for something like that I would be devastated at taking away a part of someone's life. They used this to show how we can easily mistake faces and how we tend to lump other races into a prototype. The point was a good point, but a better example of a more regretful person would have been more poignant.
The last episode "Fame" was a big drag. There were some fun moments such as Cleese visiting his usual produce store, but a large part of the show was taken up by who this casting director was going pick. Where was the science for this episode? It was more like an expose in why some people are addicted to celebrities, and a reality TV contest. Ugh.
I would say watch it for the first 3 episodes and have fun with it, but don't expect this entire show to be a documentary into how our faces work, and don't expect it to be scientific.
DVD Review: entertaining and educational
Summary: 4 Stars
I love good documentaries, and I really enjoyed this series. There was so much good and interesting information about the expression of emotions, beauty, fame, and a variety of other topics, and John Cleese brought a lot of humor into it that made it easier and more enjoyable to absorb. To anyone who likes psychology, sociology, or John Cleese, I would recommend this DVD highly.DVD Review: it had me until... ZARA
Summary: 3 Stars
ive watched this program before and ignored the one big part that can enable one to totally disregard the findings of that "beauty scientist": the fact that he agreed with the as-expected pathetic selection of the fashion committee to choose that ugly-duckling, Zara, over the other finalist Rachel, a real asian/eurasian beauty.
this time, i just couldnt stand it and had to write a review... i dont mean to be mean, but that zara is one of the ugliest pos ive ever seen.. it's fitting that the gurus of the fashion industry would choose her to be their ridiculous representation of beauty, but for that doctor to approve this, measuring her features and confirming her "beauty" when i just wanted to puke, or at least turn away from the tv rather than look at buck-tooth zara, was too much
i mean, she's the type of girl the boys would throw food at during lunch and could only dream of making the high school cheerleading squad... how the hell did she get the idea to become a model??? has the world turned up side down???
zara, if u're reading this, i hope u have a successful career (NOT in the beauty industry b/c that's ridiculous)... and have a fulfilling life outside of the fashion biz, im sure there's SOME1 out there who thinks u're hot, not me though
oh yea, i was so shocked that that old broad, liz hurley, took exception to the doctor's obvious statement that females look their best from 14-24 (a reasonable, if not liberal, range), NOT! of course, she claimed that she got better looking in her late 20's and the program showed old black and white pics of her when she was a teen and w/o much make-up, if at all
first, i dont find old or young liz that hot anyways... second, im sure that by her late 20s, lizzy was already in the acting biz and always had make-up artists and fashion consultants to make her look her best, but i guess she doesnt think $10k of hair and make up and hours and hours of preparation in the make up room makes a big diff to her looks, but rather, her "natural" beauty increased as she got older... please, if she thinks she looked better waking up in the morning in her late 20s than when she was a teen, she's fooling herself
still, im giving it 3 stars b/c the 1.68 thingy sounds interesting, even though it failed to "measure up" w/ zara
Description of The Human Face
This 4 part bbc series examines the science behind facial beauty expression and fame in an entertaining fashion. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 02/22/2005 Starring: John Cleese (host) Pierce Brosnan Run time: 200 minutes Rating: Nr Director: James Erskine/david StewartAnthropology, psychology, cultural history, and biology provide key filters in this breezy but substantial exploration of the focal impact of the face. Produced by the BBC as a four-hour series and broadcast in the U.S. on the Learning Channel, The Human Face benefits from host, narrator, and cowriter John Cleese's signature blend of erudition, enthusiasm, and wit. Along the way, Cleese presents information on the evolution of human facial features, the face's role in sexuality (including the biological significance of "bedroom eyes"), communication through facial expressions, and the face's essential role in defining identity. Ideals of physical beauty, the reasons why visual development and artistic expression focus on the face, and the nature of celebrity are examined, as are medical anomalies such as Mobius syndrome, a condition that eliminates the ability to smile. The presenter gets strategic help from guest Elizabeth Hurley, who gamely lampoons her own celebrated beauty in various sketches, and Cleese's fellow Monty Python alumnus Michael Palin, who pops up in Python-esque skits during the program's fourth segment on fame. Comments from scientific sources are augmented by thoughtful interviews with Pierce Brosnan and Candice Bergen, who convincingly address the downside of being drop-dead gorgeous. --Sam Sutherland
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