Monsters & M-A-S-H

Two movie-related items today, completely unrelated except they both have a tie to a University of Missouri campus:

Robert Altman, director "M-A-S-H" and "Gosford Park," died yesterday. The 81 year old was given a lifetime achievement Oscar this past February but I bet you didn't know this about him:

Born Feb. 20, 1925, Altman hung out in his teen years at the jazz clubs of Kansas City, Mo., where his father was an insurance salesman. During World War II, Altman was a bomber pilot in the U.S. Army Air Force from 1943 to 1945. After the war he studied engineering at the University of Missouri in Columbia before taking a job making industrial films in Kansas City.

Via AP.
UMR biology students will learn about biotechnology from the Swamp Thing and other creepy creatures in a new course to be offered on campus next semester.

Biotechnology is becoming more and more popular in movies and television, but most people don’t know where the science stops and the fiction begins, says Dr. Anne Maglia, assistant professor of biological sciences. Maglia hopes to clear up some biology misconceptions through her upcoming UMR course, “Biologywood: Unraveling Biology Fact from Fiction at the Movies.”

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