Human Face

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It may surprise some to learn that Monty Python and Fawlty Towers star John Cleese has also established successful careers as a university professor and author of psychology texts, such as Life and How to Survive It and Famililes and How to Survive Them. Cleese draws on both his expertise in comedy and his expertise in human psychology, in emceeing this unique documentary examination of the human face. It explores a series of incisive and penetrating questions about the nature of faces and what they mean - from ...
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Overview

It may surprise some to learn that Monty Python and Fawlty Towers star John Cleese has also established successful careers as a university professor and author of psychology texts, such as Life and How to Survive It and Famililes and How to Survive Them. Cleese draws on both his expertise in comedy and his expertise in human psychology, in emceeing this unique documentary examination of the human face. It explores a series of incisive and penetrating questions about the nature of faces and what they mean - from questions about whether facial beauty can be assigned a mathematical dimension, to insights on how to read an individual's face and determine, unequivocally, if he or she is lying, to reflections from a gentleman who lost the ability to recognize faces. A team of celebrities turns up to lend a hand, including Elizabeth Hurley, Pierce Brosnan, Michael Palin and Candice Bergen.
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Special Features

Closed Caption; Bonus interview footage; Photo gallery; Fact files; Bios
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 3/9/2010
  • UPC: 883929126378

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  • Source: Bbc Warner
  • Region Code: 1
  • Time: 3:20:00
  • Format: DVD

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- The Human Face
1. Secrets of the Face [4:17]
2. The Girl Without a Smile [5:53]
3. What's Shown On Their Faces? [7:05]
4. Responding To Fear [3:41]
5. Lauren's First Smile [1:20]
6. What Your Smile Is Saying [5:03]
7. Can Faces Lie? [6:07]
8. Learning To Smile [4:00]
9. Emotions and Machines [5:09]
10. Laughing Clubs [5:41]
11. End Credits [1:15]
1. An Endlessly Fascinating Face [1:37]
2. Looking Different [2:53]
3. Why Does It Look Like This Anyway? [2:35]
4. Fitting In [3:50]
5. Recognizing Faces [5:16]
6. The Man Who Can't See Faces [4:25]
7. Scanning the Streets [3:39]
8. Caricature [3:36]
9. The Role of Emotion [3:39]
10. My Mother's an Imposter [5:11]
1. Does Beauty Matter? [3:31]
2. The Next Fashionable Face [3:22]
3. Can Beauty Be Measured? [3:55]
4. As We Grow [4:25]
5. Why Is She Beautiful? [1:52]
6. The Story of Makeup [3:19]
7. Symmetry [4:45]
8. When Things Go Wrong [3:38]
9. The Geometry Of Beauty [7:46]
10. Fashion [3:19]
1. Famous Faces [2:55]
2. Dying to be Famous [1:14]
3. Where Fame Begins [7:11]
4. The Birth of Celebrity [5:20]
5. Portraits and Photographs [4:19]
6. King of the Hollywood Headshot [2:57]
7. Inventing Celebrity [6:45]
8. A Little Closer to Fame [8:28]
9. Fame from the Inside [4:51]
10. Why We Need Fame [3:48]
11. Closing Credits [1:09]
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Menu

Disc #1 -- The Human Face
   Face To Face
   Here's Looking At You
   Beauty
   Fame
   Play In Order
   Scene Selection
      Face To Face
      Here's Looking At You
      Beauty
      Fame
Disc #2 -- The Human Face: Bonus Features
   Extended Introduction by John Cleese
   UK Television Trailers
   Face Facts
   Biographies
      John Cleese
      Elizabeth Hurley
      Michael Palin
      Prunella Scales
      Pierce Brosnan
      Candice Bergen
   Photo Gallery
   Interviews
      Mirror Interviews
      Interview with Pierce Brosnan
      Interview with Candice Bergen
      Dr. Stephen Marquardt on Beauty
      Dr. Stephen Buss on Relationships
      Dr. Vilayanur Ramachandran on the Human Brain
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