A compilation of nine films by Jean Painleve, scientist, pioneer scientific filmmaker and founder member of the Surrealist group. Painleve made over 200 scientific films, bridging the gulf that normally separates science from art and documentary from narrative cinema. Pioneering new techniques, he subverted the normally sober field of scientific studies by including outrageous jokes and comparisons in his underwater films and setting them to music ranging from Duke Ellington to Ravel. In French with English subtitles.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
317930
Languages
English
French
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Surrealism in motion pictures
Animals & Wildlife → Shellfish
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art and science
Crafts & Visual Arts → Surrealism in motion pictures
Crafts & Visual Arts → Underwater photography
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Cross-cultural studies
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Cross-cultural studies
Experimental → Experimental films - France
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Art and science
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biology
Music & Performing Arts → Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White and Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)