Science Is Fiction: The Films of Jean Painlevé

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The mesmerizing, utterly unclassifiable science films of Jean Painlevé (1902-89) have to be seen to be believed: delightful, surrealist-influenced dream works that are also serious science. The French filmmaker-scientist-inventor had a decades-spanning career in which he created hundreds of short films on subjects ranging from astronomy to pigeons to, most famously, such marine-life marvels as the sea horse and the sea urchin.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2007-03-21
  • Runtime: 315 min
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  • Language: French
  • Status: Released
  • IMDb Rating: 6.8
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