Science Is Fiction 23 Films By Jean Painleve

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Jean Painleve was a film director, critic, theorist, and animator, yet his interests and studies also extended to mathematics, medicine, and zoology Amazingly, all these disparate strands came together in a groundbreaking, decadesspanning artistic career Operating under the credo Science is fiction, Painleve forged his own unique cinematic path, creating countless short films for both the viewing public and the scientific community Moreover, he was also one of the first filmmakers to take his camera underwater Surreal, otherworldly documents of marine life, these films transformed sea horses, octopi, and mollusks into delicate dancers in their own floating ballets This anthology features twentythree of Painleves shorts in their original form, as well as Yo La Tengos ninetyminute original score The Sounds of Science, written in 2001 to accompany eight of the directors filmsPTHREEDISc SPEcIAL EDITION FEATURES New, restored digital transfers The Sounds of Science, an original score by Yo La Tengo to Jean Painleves films, plus an interview with the band More than two hours of interviews with the filmmaker, drawn from the eightpart television series Jean Painleve au fils de ses films, directed by Denis Derrien and Helene Hazera New and improved English subtitle translations PLUS A booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Scott MacDonald and notes on all the films by Painleve