ARGO
2012, Warner Bros.
ARGO (2012) is nominally about geopolitical entanglement in the Middle East, including several references to oil. However, it also makes an insightful observation about coal.
In the 36th minute, Lester Siegel (a famous movie director played by Alan Arkin), makes the following observation about Hollywood: “It’s a bulls**t business. It’s like coal mining: you come home to your wife and kids and you can’t wash it off.”
Who knew coal mining and film-making were so similar?
Dr. Michael E. Webber
Deputy Director, Energy Institute
Co-Director, Clean Energy Incubator
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Josey Centennial Fellow in Energy Resources
The University of Texas at Austin
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Energy at the Movies: From Campus to Primetime
Dr. Michael Webber and Juan Garcia present at SXSW Edu in March 2014.
UT Professor’s Energy a TV Hit
The Austin American-Statesman, Laylan Copelin
“When Energy Goes Hollywood: A Conversation with Michael Webber”
StateImpact Texas, Terrence Henry, KUT Austin
“‘The Power of Cinema: UT Professor Uses Film as Teaching Tool for the Masses about Energy in Society”
Austin Business Journal, James Jeffrey
Hydropower Saves The FugitiveI had the chance to re-watch an early 1990s blockbuster, The Fugitive (1993), starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. Ford plays a doctor wrongfully accused of murdering his wife. He is unexpectedly freed from the transport bus taking him … Read More
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