Particle Fever
Mark Levinson United States 2013 99 min.
A nerve-wracking manhunt involving thousands of people, that lasts for years and for which the largest machine ever is built: this is not a hallucinatory movie script, but the intriguing story of the search for the Higgs particle by the world's leading physicists. The documentary follows this research from its inception in 2008 to the announcement of the particle's presumed discovery in July 2012. The scientists' compelling enthusiasm is so infectious that even a layman in physics can sympathize with this epic quest.
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As a theoretical physicist, Mark Levinson is obviously interested in the science covered in his films, yet the human drive behind scientific research is what lies at the heart of his films. The people behind the scenes (and behind the science) are the ones who, rather than theories or discoveries, can convey a true passion for science like no other. This is also true in The Particle Fever, where, as a viewer, you cannot help but fully sympathise with the ups and downs of this extraordinary scientific research.
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Credits
Director
Mark Levinson
Producer
David Kaplan, Mark Levinson, Andrea Miller, Carla Solomon
Production company
Anthos Media, Particle Fever
Cinematography
Claudia Raschke-Robinson, Wolfgang Held
Editing
Walter Murch
Music
Robert Miller
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Dialogues
English
Subtitling
English