Liquid Crystals

Liquid Crystals
Directed byJean Painlevé
Directed by
Jean Painlevé
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.
crystal
microscopic
short film
Last Updated: September 16, 2023