Liquid Crystals
Cristaux liquides
1978 · 0h 6m · Documentary · France
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.
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Jean Painlevé6.2Smart score
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