JEAN PAINLEVE / SCIENCE IS FICTION: 23 FILMS BY JEAN PAINLEVE (3DVD) / 映像

Disc One
POPULAR FILMS

• HYAS AND STENORHYNCHUS (HYAS ET STENORINQUES)
  1927 * 10 minutes * Black & White
• SEA URCHIINS (OURSINS)
  1954 * 11 minutes * Color
• HOW SOME JELLYFISH ARE BORN_ (COMMENT NAISSENT DES MÉDUSES)
  1960 * 14 minutes * Black & White
• LIQUID CRYSTALS (CRISTAUX LIQUIDES)
  1978 * 6 minutes * Color
• THE SEA HORSE (L’HIPPOCAMPE)
  1933 * 14 minutes * Black & White
• THE LOVE LIFE OF THE OCTOPUS (LES AMOURS DE LA PIEUVRE)
  1967 * 14 minutes * Color
• SHRIMP STORIES (HISTOIRES DE CREVETTES)
  1964 * 10 minutes * Color
• ACERA, OR THE WITCHES’ DANCE (ACERA OU LE BAL DES SORCIÈRES)
  1972 * 13 minutes * Color
• THE VAMPIRE (LE VAMPIRE)
  1945 * 9 minutes * Black & White
• FRESHWATER ASSASSINS (LES ASSASSINS D’EAU DOUCE)
  1947 * 24 minutes * Black & White
• SEA BALLERINAS (LES DANSEUSES DE LA MER)
  1956 * 13 minutes * Color
• DIATOMS (DIATOMÉES)
  1968 * 17 minutes * Color
• PIGEONS IN THE SQUARE (LES PIGEONS DU SQUARE)
  1982 * 27 minutes * Color

THE SOUNDS OF SCIENCE

• Eight films with original score by Yo La Tengo
• Interview with Yo La Tengo

Disc Two
EARLY POPULAR SILENT FILMS

• THE OCTOPUS (LA PIEUVRE)
  1927 * 13 minutes * Black & White
• SEA URCHIINS (LES OURSINS)
  1928 * 10 minutes * Black & White
• DAPHNIA (LA DAPHNIE)
  1928 * 9 minutes * Black & White

SILENT RESEARCH FILMS

• THE STICKLEBACK’S EGG_ (L’OEUF D’ÉPINOCHE)
  1925 * 26 minutes * Black & White
• EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT OF A HEMORRHAGE IN A DOG (TRAITEMENT ÉXPERIMENTAL D’UNE HÉMORRAGIE CHEZ LE CHIEN)
  1930 * 4 minutes * Black & White

FILMS FOR LE PALAIS DE LA DÉCOUVERTE

• THE FOURTH DIMENSION (LA QUATRIÈME DIMENSION)
  1936 * 10 minutes * Black & White
• THE STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL (IMAGES MATHÉMATIQUES DE LA LUTTE POUR LA VIE)
  1937 * 14 minutes * Black & White
• VOYAGE TO THE SKY (VOYAGE DANS LE CIEL)
  1937 * 11 minutes * Black & White
• SIMILARITIES BETWEEN LENGTH AND SPEED (SIMILITUDES DES LONGEURS ET DES VITESSES)
  1937 * 10 minutes * Black & White

ANIMATION

• BLUEBEARD (BARBE-BLEU)
  1938 * 13 minutes * Gasparcolor

• New and improved English subtitle translations
• More than two hours of interviews with the filmmaker, drawn from the eight-part television series Jean Painlevé Through His Films, directed by Denis Derrien and Hélène Hazera
• PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Scott MacDonald