In Darren Aronofsky’s divisive epic, a man (Hugh Jackman) travels through time to save the woman he loves (Rachel Weisz). We’ll untangle THE FOUNTAIN with a conversation following the film, led by Dr. Michael Burns, cancer molecular geneticist, bioinformatician, metagenomics expert, educator, and science communicator at the Burns Lab; and Dr. Joe Vukov, associate professor of Philosophy and the associate director of the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage at Loyola University Chicago. Together, Vukov and Burns founded Loyola University Chicago’s Science and Religion Discussion Group among other interdisciplinary and interfaith efforts, and will connect their studies with the film, exploring how what we believe shapes our understanding of death and dying.

Awards & Nominations

Nominee - Best Science Fiction Film, Best Actor (Hugh Jackman), Best Director, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films
Nominee - Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival

Science on Screen® In the Film Center’s fourth year of Science on Screen® programming, we decided we needed a little faith, some rest, to see the world through a new view, and to learn how to fight back—in that order. Join us as our guest experts explore everything from God to Jackie Chan, how to have fun with the science of 3-D, drive home the power of sleep, and teach you how to block a punch. Science on Screen® is an initiative of the COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE, with major support from the ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION.

The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu