JEAN PAINLEVÉ - les pieds dans l'eau

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Author of more than 200 educational films, Jean Painlevé weaves a unique link between technological innovations in the field of scientific cinema and avant-garde poetic flights close to Jean Vigo, Serguei Eisenstein, Antonin Artaud and the surrealists.

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The filmmaker has dedicated his life to a lush and passionate X-ray of the infinitely small, with a special fondness for aquatic fauna. As a visionary, he makes his singular images vibrate on the most eclectic contemporary music (see details below).

FILMS

The Octopus, 1928The Sea Urchins, 1928

The Daphnia, 1929

Hyas and Stenorinchus, 1929

The Seahorse, 1934

The Vampire, 1945

Sea Urchins, 1954

Shrimp Stories, 1964

The Lovelife of the Octopus, 1967

Liquid Crystals, 1978

Acera or the Witches' Dance, 1978

The Pigeons in the Park, 1982

SUPPLEMENTS

Jean Painlevé or seeing the invisible of Marie-Luce Staïb and Claude Degivray, 1984

The Growth of plants of Dr Jean Comandon, 1929

Jellyfish

Octopus Man, Interview with Professor Sigurd von Boletzky, 2013

Author(s) JEAN PAINLEVÉ
Artist(s) JEAN PAINLEVÉ
Format 4/3
Year 1928-1982
Language(s) French
Subtitles English
Publisher Les Documents Cinématographiques