JURASSIC PARK - LA SCIENCE DU CINEMA

Jurassic Park is undeniably a myth. Nearly thirty years after its release, Steven Spielberg's film continues to fuel passions. A milestone in the history of cinema, it embodies the emergence of digital special effects and has been a source of inspiration for many palaeontologists. Jurassic Park also symbolises the excesses of scientism. And while its sequels may have been less convincing, Jurassic World is nonetheless one of the biggest recent cinematic successes, calling into question our relationship with fiction and our desire to see a franchise that we hold dear endure.

In Welcome to Jurassic Park. La science du cinéma, Nicolas Deneschau goes behind the scenes of the films. He goes back to the sources of the novels by the original author, Michael Crichton, and opens up numerous avenues of analysis and reflection on this work whose greatness continues to fascinate and amaze.