SUN APR 14, 2024 12:00 PM Science is Fiction: The Films of Jean Painlevé $8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission) Aero Theatre | ‘This Is Not a Fiction’ Tickets are no longer on sale for this event.
ABOUT THE FILMS: “The Sea Horse,” 1935, Dir. Jean Painlevé, 14 Min, France Jean Painlevé’s classic underwater short THE SEA HORSE uses dreamlike imagery to detail the lives of the titular upright-swimming creatures. FORMAT: DCP “Sea Urchins,” 1954, Dir. Jean Painlevé, 10 Min, France From 1927 to 1928, Jean Painlevé made his first three films aimed at the general public. Shown in ‘ciné-clubs’ and avant-garde movie theaters of Paris, these films were written and edited to entertain as well as educate. SEA URCHINS is one of these educational films. FORMAT: DCP “The Love Life Of The Octopus,” 1967, Dir. Jean Painlevé, 14 Min, France The mating rituals and reproductive cycle of the octopus are the subject of this short documentary by Jean Painlevé. FORMAT: DCP “Acera or the Witches’ Dance,” 1972, Dir. Jean Painlevé, 14 Min, France The lives of miniscule mollusks are intimately captured as they wallow in mud, mate and give birth. Director Jean Painlevé sublimely sets their dance like movements to music. FORMAT: DCP “The Vampire,” 1945, Dir. Jean Painlevé, 9 Min, France Jean Painlevé’s short THE VAMPIRE draws the connection between the movie monsters of the same name and the South American vampire bat. The animal’s gruesome feeding habits are on full display. FORMAT: DCP “The Octopus,” 1928, Dir. Jean Painlevé, 13 Min, France Part of Painlevé’s first three films written and edited to entertain and educate. FORMAT: DCP “Liquid Crystals,” 1978, Dir. Jean Painlevé, 13 Min, France A semi-psychedelic collection of different liquids crystalizing under a microscope. FORMAT: DCP