Silver Screen Science - The Lost World (1925)

About this episode

This episode explores the significance of the 1925 film The Lost World in the context of dinosaur movies and science on screen.

Silver Screen Science is our series where we explore science on the big screen and beyond. This year, we’re taking a tour through cinematic history with Old School Dinosaurs! This episode, we start things off with the great grand-daddy of dinosaur movies: The Lost World (1925). Check out our website for blog posts and more: http://commondescentpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Lots more ways to connect with us: https://linktr.ee/common_descent The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org.

People in this episode

Host: Common Descent

Topics covered

• dinosaurs
• cinematic history
• film analysis
• science in film
• Old School Dinosaurs

Keywords

• The Lost World
• 1925
• dinosaurs
• film
• science
• cinema
• Old School Dinosaurs

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Lost World (1925)

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