| Description |
3 videodiscs (471 min.) : sound and silent, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. + + 1 booklet (19 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 468 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 468.
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| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; full screen (1.33:1); Dolby digital mono and stereo. |
| Language |
In French; with English subtitles. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Accompanying booklet includes an essay by Scott MacDonald entitled Going beneath the surface. |
| Summary |
Focusing on the work of French filmmaker Jean Painlevé, this collection features twenty-three Painlevé nature films; a 2005 performance of the ninety-minute score, The sounds of science, written in 2001 by members of the rock group Yo La Tengo to accompany eight of Painlevé's films; an interview with Yo La Tengo; and the eight-part 1988 French television series, Jean Painlevé au fil de ses films, which explores Painlevé's life and work through interviews with the filmmaker. |
| Contents |
disc 1. Hyas and stenorhynchus = Hyas et stenorinques (1927, 10 min.) ; Sea urchins = Oursins (1954, 11 min.) ; How some jellyfish are born = Comment naissent des méduses (1960, 14 min.) ; Liquid crystals = Cristaux liquides (1978, 6 min.) ; The sea horse = L'hippocampe (1933, 14 min.) ; The love life of the octopus = Les amours de la pieuvre (1967, 14 min.) ; Shrimp stories = Histoires de crevettes (1964, 10 min.) ; Acera, or, The witches dance = Acera, ou, Le bal des sorcières (1972, 13 min.) ; The vampire = Le vampire (1945, 9 min.) ; Freshwater assassins = Les assassins d'eau douce (1947, 24 min.) ; Sea ballerinas = Les danseuses de la mer (1956, 13 min.) ; Diatoms = Diatomées (1968, 17 min.) ; Pigeons in the square = Les pigeons du square (1928, 27 min.) ; The sounds of science / (Yo La Tengo) ; Interview with Yo La Tengo -- disc 2. The octopus = La pieuvre (1927, 13 min.) ; Sea urchins = Les oursins (1928, 10 min.) ; Daphnia = La daphnie (1928, 9 min.) ; The stickleback's egg = L'oeuf d'épinoche (1925, 26 min.) ; Experimental treatment of the hemorrhage in a dog = Traitement expérimental d'une hémorragie chez le chien (1930, 4 min.) ; The fourth dimension = La quatrième dimension (1936, 10 min.) ; The struggle for survival = Images mathématiques de la lutte pour la vie (1937, 14 min.) ; Voyage to the sky = Voyage dans le ciel (1937, 11 min.) ; Similarities between length and speed = Similitudes des longueurs et des vitesses (1937, 10 min.) ; Bluebeard = Barbe-Bleue (1938, 13 min.) -- disc 3. Jean Painlevé through his films = Jean Painlevé au fil de ses films (1988). |
| Note |
For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Subject |
Nature -- Videodiscs.
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Nature -- Songs and music -- Videodiscs.
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Nature in motion pictures -- Videodiscs.
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Painlevé, Jean -- Interviews.
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Motion picture producers and directors -- France -- Interviews -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (FRENCH), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Nature films.
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Biographical television programs.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Short films.
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Motion pictures France.
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| Added Author |
Painlevé, Jean.
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Elmore, Kate.
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MacDonald, Scott, 1942-
Going beneath the surface.
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Yo La Tengo (Musical group)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Jean Painlevé au fil de ses films (Television program)
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| ISBN |
9781604651447 |
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160465144X |
| Standard No. |
715515044912 |
| Music No. |
CC1805D Criterion Collection |
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