Movie Last year in Marienbad

Math in Movies: Last year in Marienbad

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Math in Movies
Date: March 2006 - July 2008
by:
Oliver Knill
Department of Mathematics
Harvard University

This movie appeared in the year 1961.
More information can be found here [external IMBD link]
You can also watch a larger Ipod version.

In this rather enigmatic movie, the enigmatic game of NIM with a 7-5-3-1 initial condition is played twice. (Thanks to John Boller for the suggestion.) more

Last year in Marienbad	The wizard of oz	The number 23	21	21	Collossus: The Forbin Project	The bank	Little Big League	Back to the Future Part III	Once upon a time in the west
Jane Eyre	The prophecy	Father of the bride	Mean Girls	Mean Girls	The Clan of the Cave Bear	Bedazzled	The code conspiracy	The island	Good Neighbors episode 1.1
Cast Away	Eleventh hour: Kryptos	Marius	The Croupier	Ma and Pa Kettle	Cube	Hypercube	Its My Turn	Simpsons treehouse of horror VI	Sneakers
Enigma	Simpsons First Season dvd2	Straw Dogs	P.S.	Stand and Deliver	Proof	Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy	Abbott and Costello: In the navy	Pi	Monty Python's flying circus
Monty Python flying circus 2/29	The Saint	Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark	Good Will Hunting	A Beautiful Mind	Dimensions	Donald in Mathmagicland	The Mirror has two Faces	Infinity	Jurassic park
Jurassic park	Contact	Big	Good Night, Mr Bean	The Count of Monte Cristo	Clueless	The Da Vinci Code	Mr. Hollands Opus	Numb3rs (intro to pilot)	Numb3rs (pilot)
Yakitate Japan episode 40	Die hard III (St Ives)	Die hard III (bottle)	Fahrenheit 451	The caddyshack

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