Jean Painlevé au fil de ses films (Television program)
Notes:
Title from container. Accompanying booklet includes an essay by Scott MacDonald entitled Going beneath the surface. Release date: Apr. 21, 2009.
Contents:
(1988). Jean Painlevé au fil de ses films Hyas et stenorinques (1927, 10 min.) ; Sea urchins = Oursins (1954, 11 min.) ; How some jellyfish are born = Comment naissent des méduses (1960, 14 min.) ; Liquid crystals = Cristaux liquides (1978, 6 min.) ; The sea horse = L'hippocampe (1933, 14 min.) ; The love life of the octopus = Les amours de la pieuvre (1967, 14 min.) ; Shrimp stories = Histoires de crevettes (1964, 10 min.) ; Acera, or, The witches dance = Acera, ou, Le bal des sorcières (1972, 13 min.) ; The vampire = Le vampire (1945, 9 min.) ; Freshwater assassins = Les assassins d'eau douce (1947, 24 min.) ; Sea ballerinas = Les danseuses de la mer (1956, 13 min.) ; Diatoms = Diatomées (1968, 17 min.) ; Pigeons in the square = Les pigeons du square (1928, 27 min.) ; The sounds of science / (Yo La Tengo) ; Interview with Yo La Tengo -- disc 2. The octopus = La pieuvre (1927, 13 min.) ; Sea urchins = Les oursins (1928, 10 min.) ; Daphnia = La daphnie (1928, 9 min.) ; The stickleback's egg = L'oeuf d'épinoche (1925, 26 min.) ; Experimental treatment of the hemorrhage in a dog = Traitement expérimental d'une hémorragie chez le chien (1930, 4 min.) ; The fourth dimension = La quatrième dimension (1936, 10 min.) ; The struggle for survival = Images mathématiques de la lutte pour la vie (1937, 14 min.) ; Voyage to the sky = Voyage dans le ciel (1937, 11 min.) ; Similarities between length and speed = Similitudes des longueurs et des vitesses (1937, 10 min.) ; Bluebeard = Barbe-Bleue (1938, 13 min.) -- disc 3. Jean Painlevé through his films = Jean Painlevé au fil de ses films (1988).
Summary:
Focusing on the work of French filmmaker Jean Painlevé, this collection features twenty-three Painlevé nature films (many filmed underwater); a 2005 performance of the ninety-minute score, The sounds of science, written in 2001 by members of the rock group Yo La Tengo to accompany eight of Painlevé's films; an interview with Yo La Tengo; and the eight-part 1988 French television series, Jean Painlevé au fil de ses films, which explores Painlevé's life and work through interviews with the filmmaker.
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