Jean Painlevé Filmes
- 1935
The Sea Horse
The Sea Horse6.51935HD
Examines the sea horse, the only fish that swims upright. We watch it use its prehensile tail to wrap around plants and other sea horses. A frontal...
- 1936
Bluebeard
Bluebeard61936HD
Perrault's fairy tale presented in claymation with choral voices. Bluebeard goes courting, all six of his wives having died. He arrives at the house...
- 1928
The Octopus
The Octopus6.4171928HD
An octopus slithers over objects on land—a doll, a skull—then oozes along the shore into the sea. It secretes its ink. The camera follows...
- 1978
Liquid Crystals
Liquid Crystals6.9551978HD
Title cards introduce images we watch without narration; they are displays of shape and color. François de Roubaix's electronic music...
- 1947
Freshwater Assassins
Freshwater Assassins6.31947HD
In a freshwater pond, it's "eat or be eaten." A dragonfly larva eats a midge; a water beetle larva eats a damselfly larva. Snail larvae grow. A...
- 1930
Experimental Treatment of a Hemorrhage in a Dog
Experimental Treatment of a Hemorrhage in a Dog5.21930HD
Jean Painleve short about an experimental canine surgery.
- 1967
The Love Life of an Octopus
The Love Life of an Octopus6.71967HD
An octopus slithers into a narrow crack near the shore; we see its eye up close. It feeds on a crab. In spring it's time to mate. A male grabs a...
- 1945
The Vampire
The Vampire6.4741945HD
After a look at some strange creatures, the narrator and camera take us to the Chaco forest, on the borders of Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil, where...
- 1972
Acera, or the Witches' Dance
Acera, or the Witches' Dance6.11972HD
In mud flats along the coast of Brittany we watch acera, small ball-shaped mollusks that are about two inches in diameter. They rest in mud; then, in...
- 1956
Sea Ballerinas
Sea Ballerinas6.51956HD
Two kinds of starfish, the brittle and the feather. The brittle star moves its arms alone, without the aid of suckers. Underneath is a single...
- 1929
Hyas and Stenorhynchus
Hyas and Stenorhynchus5.91929HD
In close-ups and extreme close-ups, we watch two small species of marine crustaceans, the slender long-legged stenorhynchus and the clumsy,...
- 1954
Sea Urchins
Sea Urchins6.31954HD
Underwater photography, magnified close-ups, and film through microscope present the sea urchin, a complex creature. We see their mouth and five...
- 1982
Pigeons in the Square
Pigeons in the Square6.21982HD
An enthusiastic grandfather sits with children in a Parisian park talking about pigeons. First. their physical appearance—eye, wings and tail,...
- 1928
Daphnia
Daphnia6.11928HD
Titles in French and English help us know what we're seeing. In all waters, daphnia abound. They are crustaceans about 2 ml long, with one eye that...
- 1937
The Struggle for Survival
The Struggle for Survival6.11937HD
Jean Painlevé short film examining population explosion and decline.
- 1936
The Fourth Dimension
The Fourth Dimension6.31936HD
The film begins with methodical descriptions of one-dimensional, two-dimensional, and three-dimensional space. It then looks at a two-dimensional...
- 1937
Similarities Between Length and Speed
Similarities Between Length and Speed5.91937HD
Jean Painlevé short film examining proportion and its effects on organisms.
- 1968
Diatoms
Diatoms6.41968HD
The one-celled long and slender diatom, up close: discovered in 1703 with the invention of the microscope. We observe them magnified 10,000 times:...
- 1927
Mathusalem
Mathusalem4.61927HD
Mathusalem (or Methuselah) is a 1922 play by Ivan Goll, considered a precursor of the theater of the absurd. The 1927 run of the play saw five...
- 1964
Shrimp Stories
Shrimp Stories5.81964HD
After a comic introduction, we look closely at a shrimp. Eyes on stilts, color patterns, pinchered walking feet, a rostrum. We watch shrimp eat using...