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The PHD movie
The PHD movie: Piled Higher and Deeper
2011 · Film · 65 min
Directed by Vahe Gabuchian
"Piled Higher and Deeper" The Movie is a live-action adaptation of the popular online comic strip by Jorge Cham. It was filmed on location at and was produced in partnership with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The film introduces audiences to the unique and funny culture of Academia and follows four graduate students (Cecilia, Mike, Tajel and the “Nameless Grad Student”) as they struggle to find balance between research, teaching and their personal lives with humor and heart.
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The PhD Movie introed with Richard Feinman's statement "I don't know anything, but I do know everything is interesting, if you go into it deeply enough."
Feinman was a curious character.
I suspect that with even a modest breadth of knowlegde a deep investigation of anything brings associations with existing knowledge (interest), unexpected connections and exceptions.
Maybe. It's worth pointing out that the PhD Movie was actually released many months ago, has already screened in many college campuses, and is now receiving a buzz of revived interest from us today. So this isn't t = 0 but t = 1, in the appropriate units.
The DVDs you propose buying are actually probably one of the most successful implementations of this strategy, and the key fact is that sometime a year down the line you say to yourself, "hey, I never got around to seeing that movie, it was too expensive, or they only had it in 3D and 3D makes my head hurt, or any number of other things -- why don't I just buy it at the reduced price on DVD?" It works.
(I'd say it works "very well" but honestly, DVD sales are pretty thinly reported across the industry, so nobody really knows how well it works in terms of hard numbers.)