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Liquid Crystals

Movie
Audience Score
70
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NR 6 minDocumentary
Title cards introduce images we watch without narration; they are displays of shape and color. François de Roubaix's electronic music accompanies these images, photographed under a polarizing microscope. The crystals appear to move like tiny organisms: small four-part fans share the frame with flowing lines of pink. Multiple patterns appear side by side.
DirectorJean Painlevé

Movie Details

Original Language:French
Production Companies:Les Documents Cinématographiques
Movie Tags:
short filmcrystalmicroscopic