Danse des primates au Muséum dHistoires Naturelles

This film is composed of a series of very short shots The two principal motifs are human and vegetal with a few animals briefly glimpsed in passing The primates of the title for once this film has a title and an insistent one at that are the men women and children who visit the museum A man a woman a family with children detach themselves from their surroundings their images are reworked reframed and edited so that they become intermingled with a series of luminous wide shots of vegetation In this airconditioned location the filmmaker has managed to give a certain luxuriance to the surrounding nature the human visitors in turn reclaim something of their cosmic dimension from dubious civilization