Liquid Crystals
6.7
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 Painlevé Director
First release December 31, 1978 · Produced in France · Original title Cristaux liquides
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Les Documents Cinématographiques
Production
France
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Languages
Original title
Cristaux liquides
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
France · December 31, 1978
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Greece
February 24, 2008 · Theatrical · Ecocinema Festival
Japan
January 1, 2007 · Theatrical · Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
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