Hawking

Why would the world's most celebrated physicist narrate a biographical feature documentary?  To make sure it's filled with his own dry humor, of course.  Hawking is such a film, covering the highs and lows of Cambridge Professor Stephen Hawking's life, from youth through college, discoveries and marriages, and the continuing decay of his body.  "I felt like some sort of tragic character," he says, so "I took to listening to Wagner."

While clearly a person who's self ambition has been the focus of his life, he nevertheless recognizes the impact that his life and career has had on those around him, and on public culture in general.  I appreciated the opportunity to learn more about him in his own words, and in those of his friends and family.

Hawking
2013, 86 minutes, directed by Stephen Finnigan