Science Is Fiction: The Films of Jean Painlevé

Overview

The mesmerizing, utterly unclassifiable science films of Jean Painlevé (1902-89) have to be seen to be believed: delightful, surrealist-influenced dream works that are also serious science. The French filmmaker-scientist-inventor had a decades-spanning career in which he created hundreds of short films on subjects ranging from astronomy to pigeons to, most famously, such marine-life marvels as the sea horse and the sea urchin.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 21, 2007

Original language

English

Spoken languages

French

Director

Jean Painlevé

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1801090