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Protein synthesis: An epic on the cellular level by Evan Orensten
This video further supports our belief that the best films—even instructional science ones—were made in the '70s. Created by the Department of Chemistry at UCSD and directed by Robert Alan Weiss, it features a novel approach to demonstrating how proteins are synthesized. Dozens of college kids participated in this short film from 1971 which features music, crazy costumes, peptide poetry and interpretive dance created for the event. The still above does not do justice to the typography, videography, wardrobe and choreography of the movie.
It's easy today to whip up a little film or create an animation on your laptop, so you have to appreciate the effort taken to find a way to describe and animate a complex chemical interaction. And the LSD probably didn't hurt, either.
Thanks Craig
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