Science is Fiction
23 Films by Jean Painlevâe
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2009]
Format: DVD
Description: 3 videodiscs (471 min.) : silent and sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. + + 1 booklet (24 unnumbered pages : black and white illustrations ; 19 cm).
Long before Jacques Cousteau and Richard Attenborough, a Frenchman named Jean Painlevâe made documentaries that captured the natural world in a unique manner. "Science Is Fiction" collects 23 of these short films. Painlevâe (1902-89) spent his life straddling the arts and the sciences, studying biology at the Sorbonne, but also hanging out with Man Ray and Luis Buänuel. Long fascinated by marine life, Painlevâe helped develop the underwater camera, one of the first handheld cameras, and high-magnification lenses that allowed him to observe creatures like sea urchins, jellyfish, and mollusks in their natural habitats. Though relatively obscure in the United States, Jean Painlevâe's films embrace genre, combining documentary, educational film, and avant-garde experimentalism to create an aesthetic that captures the fantastic by means of the purely factual.
Series: Criterion collection ; 468.
Other Authors:
Painlevâe, Jean.
Hamon, Geneviáeve.
Elmore, Kate.
Meierrose, Carola.
Vincent-Brâechignac, Jean.
Derrien, Denis.
Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703. Barbe bleue.
Yo La Tengo (Musical group)
Gaumont Franco-Film Aubert (Firm)
Cinâegraphie Documentaire (Firm)
Documents cinâematographiques (Firm)
Pathâe Consortium Cinâema.
Films Diamant (Firm)
Films J.P. (Firm)
Institut de Cinematographie Scientifique.
Recherches et Images (Firm)
Lobster Films (Firm)
La SEPT (Firm)
G.M.T. Productions (Firm)
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Painlevâe, Jean.
Hamon, Geneviáeve.
Elmore, Kate.
Meierrose, Carola.
Vincent-Brâechignac, Jean.
Derrien, Denis.
Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703. Barbe bleue.
Yo La Tengo (Musical group)
Gaumont Franco-Film Aubert (Firm)
Cinâegraphie Documentaire (Firm)
Documents cinâematographiques (Firm)
Pathâe Consortium Cinâema.
Films Diamant (Firm)
Films J.P. (Firm)
Institut de Cinematographie Scientifique.
Recherches et Images (Firm)
Lobster Films (Firm)
La SEPT (Firm)
G.M.T. Productions (Firm)
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Contents:
Disc one; Popular films Hyas et stenorinques crustacâes marins = Hyas and stenorhynchus marine crustaceans / Gaumont Franco-Film prâesente ; un documentaire de Jean Painlevâe (1927) (10 min.) -- Oursins = Sea urchins / La Cinâegraphie Documentaire prâesente ; film de Jean Painlevâe (1954) (11 min.) -- = How some jellyfish are born / Les Documents Cinâematographiques prâesentent ; film de Jean Painlevâe et Geneviáeve Hamon (1960) (14 min.) -- Transition de phase dans les cristaux liquides = Liquid crystals / Les Documents Cinâematographiques prâesentent ; film de Jean Painlevâe (1978) (6 min.) -- L'hippocampe ou 'cheval marin' = The sea horse / Pathâe ̈Consortium ̈Cinâema prâesente ; un documentaire de Jean Painlevâe ; production de la Cinâegraphie Documentaire (1933) (14 min.) -- Les amours de la pieuvre = The love life of the octopus / film de Jean Painlevâe et Geneviáeve Hamon (1967) (14 min.) -- Histoires de crevettes = Shrimp stories / Les Documents Cinâematographiques prâesentent ; film de Jean Painlevâe et Geneviáeve Hamon (1964) (10 min.) -- Acera ou Le bal des sorciáeres = Acera or The witches dance / Les Documents Cinâematographiques prâesentent ; film de Jean Painlevâe et Geneviáeve Hamon (1972) (13 min.) -- Le vampire = The vampire / film de Jean Painlevâe (1945) (9 min.) -- Assassins d'eau douce = Freshwater assassins / film de Jean Painlevâe (1947) (24 min.) -- Les danseuses de la mer (Ophiures et comatules) = Sea ballerinas (Brittle stars and feather stars) / Les Documents Cinâematographiques prâesentent ; film de Jean Painlevâe et Geneviáeve Hamon ; (1956) (13 min.) -- Diatomâees = Diatoms / Les Documents Cinâematographiques prâesentent ; un film de Jean Painlevâe et Geneviáeve Hamon (1968, 17 min.) -- Les pigeons du square = Pigeons in the square / Les Documents Cinâematographiques prâesentent ; un film de Jean Painlevâe ; script et regie, Christiane d'Hotel (1986) (27 min.) -- The sounds of science / (Yo La Tengo) -- Yo La Tengo Interview (2009) (10 min.).
Disc two; Early popular silent films La pieuvre = The octopus / film de Jean Painlevâe (1927) (13 min.) -- Les oursins = Sea urchins / Les Films Diamant prâesentent ; documentaire râealisâe par Jean Painlevâe (1928) (10 min.) -- La daphnie = The daphnia / Film d'observations cinâematographiques par Jean Painlevâe (1928) (9 min.) -- Silent research films L'�uf d'âepinoche = The stickleback's egg / documentaire de Jean Painlevâe (1925) (26 min.) -- Traitement d'une hâemorragie expâerimentale chez le chien, par une injection de sâerum citratâe du doctor Normet = Experimental treatment of the hemorrhage in a dog with Dr. Normet's serum citrate / Les Films J.P. prâesentent (1930) (4 min.) -- Films for Le Palais de la Dâecouverte La quatriáeme dimension = The fourth dimension / L'Institut de Cinematographie Scientifique prâesente ; directeur, Jean Painlevâe (1936) (10 min.) -- Images mathâematiques de la lutte pour la vie = The struggle for survival / L'Institut de Cinematographie Scientifique prâesente ; directeur, Jean Painlevâe (1937) (14 min.) -- Voyage dans le ciel = Voyage to the sky / L'Institut de Cinematographie Scientifique prâesente ; directeur, Jean Painlevâe (1937, 11 min.) -- De la similitude des longueurs et des vitesses = Similarities between length and speed / L'Institut de Cinematographie Scientifique prâesente ; directeur, Jean Painlevâe (1937) (10 min.) -- Animation Barbe Bleue = Bluebeard / Les Documents Cinâematographiques et Recherches et Images prâesentent ; restauration par Lobster Films, 1995 ; Jean Painlevâe prâesente ; d'apres le Conte de Perrault ; paroles de [words of] J. Vincent-Brâechignac (1935-38) (13 min.).
Disc three Jean Painlevâe au fil de ses films = Jean Painlevâe through his films / La Sept-G.M.T. Productions et Les Documents Cinâematographiques prâesentent ; râealisâee par Denis Derrien (1988) (169 min.).
Disc two; Early popular silent films La pieuvre = The octopus / film de Jean Painlevâe (1927) (13 min.) -- Les oursins = Sea urchins / Les Films Diamant prâesentent ; documentaire râealisâe par Jean Painlevâe (1928) (10 min.) -- La daphnie = The daphnia / Film d'observations cinâematographiques par Jean Painlevâe (1928) (9 min.) -- Silent research films L'�uf d'âepinoche = The stickleback's egg / documentaire de Jean Painlevâe (1925) (26 min.) -- Traitement d'une hâemorragie expâerimentale chez le chien, par une injection de sâerum citratâe du doctor Normet = Experimental treatment of the hemorrhage in a dog with Dr. Normet's serum citrate / Les Films J.P. prâesentent (1930) (4 min.) -- Films for Le Palais de la Dâecouverte La quatriáeme dimension = The fourth dimension / L'Institut de Cinematographie Scientifique prâesente ; directeur, Jean Painlevâe (1936) (10 min.) -- Images mathâematiques de la lutte pour la vie = The struggle for survival / L'Institut de Cinematographie Scientifique prâesente ; directeur, Jean Painlevâe (1937) (14 min.) -- Voyage dans le ciel = Voyage to the sky / L'Institut de Cinematographie Scientifique prâesente ; directeur, Jean Painlevâe (1937, 11 min.) -- De la similitude des longueurs et des vitesses = Similarities between length and speed / L'Institut de Cinematographie Scientifique prâesente ; directeur, Jean Painlevâe (1937) (10 min.) -- Animation Barbe Bleue = Bluebeard / Les Documents Cinâematographiques et Recherches et Images prâesentent ; restauration par Lobster Films, 1995 ; Jean Painlevâe prâesente ; d'apres le Conte de Perrault ; paroles de [words of] J. Vincent-Brâechignac (1935-38) (13 min.).
Disc three Jean Painlevâe au fil de ses films = Jean Painlevâe through his films / La Sept-G.M.T. Productions et Les Documents Cinâematographiques prâesentent ; râealisâee par Denis Derrien (1988) (169 min.).
Subjects:
Painlevâe, Jean -- Interviews.
Painlevâe, Jean.
Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703 -- Film adaptations.
Underwater cinematography.
Nature.
Nature -- Songs and music.
Nature in motion pictures.
Motion picture producers and directors -- France -- Interviews.
Motion picture producers and directors -- France -- Biography.
Wildlife films.
Science films.
Foreign television programs.
Painlevâe, Jean -- Interviews.
Painlevâe, Jean.
Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703 -- Film adaptations.
Underwater cinematography.
Nature.
Nature -- Songs and music.
Nature in motion pictures.
Motion picture producers and directors -- France -- Interviews.
Motion picture producers and directors -- France -- Biography.
Wildlife films.
Science films.
Foreign television programs.
ISBN:
9781604651447
UPC: 715515044912
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
DVD SCIENCE Sci | Main (Downtown) | First Level, DVD | In |
Film dates and run times from accompanying booklet.
Booklet includes the essay "Going Beneath the Surface" by Scott MacDonald.
Videorecording.
Image/opâerateur[s] Andrâe Raymond, Claude Beausoleil, Vincent Berczi, A.P. Dufour, Alain Lasfargues, Philip Priestley ; ultramicrophotographies, Catherine Thiriot ; montage [editing], Jean-Philippe Berger, Agnes Mouchel, Olvier Farines, Jean-Marie Fremont ; musique de Chopin, Pierre Contâe, Darius Milhaud, Pierre Henry, Pierre Jansen, Pierre Angles et Roger Lersy, Ramon de Herrera, Van Hoorebeke et Jean Yatove, Maurice Jaubert ; sculpted by Jean-Louis, Nicole, Michelle, Germaine Bertrand and Renâe Bertrand.
Voix de [Voice of] Carola Meierrose [Diatomâees].
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono., Dolby Digital stereo; fullscreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.33:1, enhanced for 16:9 televisions; new restored high-definition digital transfer; new and improved English subtitle translation.
No spoken dialog with French intertitles and English subtitles; in French with subtitles in English.
Winner, Le Prix du Festival Mondial de Bruxelles 1947 destine au meilleur film pour la jeunesse scolaire: Assassins d'eau douce = Prize of the Festival, World Festival of Brussels 1947 Films for schoolchildren: Freshwater Assassins.
Booklet includes the essay "Going Beneath the Surface" by Scott MacDonald.
Videorecording.
Image/opâerateur[s] Andrâe Raymond, Claude Beausoleil, Vincent Berczi, A.P. Dufour, Alain Lasfargues, Philip Priestley ; ultramicrophotographies, Catherine Thiriot ; montage [editing], Jean-Philippe Berger, Agnes Mouchel, Olvier Farines, Jean-Marie Fremont ; musique de Chopin, Pierre Contâe, Darius Milhaud, Pierre Henry, Pierre Jansen, Pierre Angles et Roger Lersy, Ramon de Herrera, Van Hoorebeke et Jean Yatove, Maurice Jaubert ; sculpted by Jean-Louis, Nicole, Michelle, Germaine Bertrand and Renâe Bertrand.
Voix de [Voice of] Carola Meierrose [Diatomâees].
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono., Dolby Digital stereo; fullscreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.33:1, enhanced for 16:9 televisions; new restored high-definition digital transfer; new and improved English subtitle translation.
No spoken dialog with French intertitles and English subtitles; in French with subtitles in English.
Winner, Le Prix du Festival Mondial de Bruxelles 1947 destine au meilleur film pour la jeunesse scolaire: Assassins d'eau douce = Prize of the Festival, World Festival of Brussels 1947 Films for schoolchildren: Freshwater Assassins.