Four-Point Conics

Four-Point Conics

1/1/1961 0h 11m 5.0/10

Overview

An experimental mathematics film designed to elucidate the study of four-line conics.

Director

Trevor Fletcher

Top Billed Cast

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2/19/2024

5/10

Now I suppose if you know anything about four-point conics, then this may make much more sense to you than if not. I'm in the latter camp, quite emphatically - having had little use for conics save for ice-cream and Halloween hats, so this proved to be quite an interesting series of line drawings, with the occasional dots (there are four, oddly enough) and we follow just how the lines swivel and swerve around creating everything from a triangle to a rhombus to a circle and a cone. Quite what the point was isn't helped by there being no narration or sound of any variety at all to assist us, so I am guessing this is a teaching aid over which a professional might have talked during the screening of these increasingly complex graphics in class room? It got a BAFTA award nomination - so someone, somewhere, must know what it's about!

Similar Movies

Donald in Mathmagic Land

7.3

Donald in Mathmagic Land

1959

Another Side of the Forest

7.0

Another Side of the Forest

1974

Clouds Are Not Spheres

7.7

Clouds Are Not Spheres

2010

The Genius of George Boole

7.5

The Genius of George Boole

2015

Care Bears: Season of Caring

6.0

Care Bears: Season of Caring

2004

Magic Money: The Bitcoin Revolution

7.5

Magic Money: The Bitcoin Revolution

2017

The Story of 1

7.6

The Story of 1

2005

There Goes a Monster Truck

0.0

There Goes a Monster Truck

1995

The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart

7.4

The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart

2001

Edge of Darkness

7.0

Edge of Darkness

2015

Is Genesis History? Mountains After the Flood

10.0

Is Genesis History? Mountains After the Flood

2023

Man & Wife: An Educational Film for Married Adults

2.9

Man & Wife: An Educational Film for Married Adults

1969

Healthcaring from Our End of the Speculum

0.0

Healthcaring from Our End of the Speculum

1976