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  1. Science is Fiction/ The Sounds of Science (2007)

    Director
    Jean Painlevé
    Subject
    Biology; Film studies; Music; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £24.99

    Before David Attenborough and Jacques Cousteau - there was Jean Painlevé, Poetic pioneer of science films, Painlevé explored a twilight realm of vampire bats, seahorses, octopi, and liquid crystals. In...

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  2. Science is Fiction / The Sounds of Science: The Films of Jean Painlevé

    Date
    7 May 2014, 09:16
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Review

    Science is Fiction / The Sounds of Science: The Films of Jean Painlevé GB. 2007. BFI. DVD (region 2 PAL). BW & Colour. 215 minutes. £24.99   About the reviewer: Oliver Gaycken is an Assistant...

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  3. Surrealism and Science: The Weird World of Jean PainlevÉ (1995 Video)

    Director
    Jean Painlevé
    Subject
    Biology; Media studies
    Distribution
    Out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 95 min.

    A compilation of nine short films relating to surrealism and science made by Jean Painlevé between 1926 and 1976. Trained as a biologist, Painlevé made nearly 200 scientific films, but he soon became...

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  4. Latest on the Moving Image Gateway

    Date
    18 Jan 2013, 10:02
    Author
    Andrew Ormsby
    Post Type
    Post

    The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,300 websites relating to   video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into   over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or...

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  5. Science Is Fiction: The Films of Jean Painlevé

    Date
    2 Jun 2014, 07:57
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Article

    Jean Painlevé (1902-1989) was one of the pioneers in the development of scientific cinema and was one of its great popularisers. Oliver Gaycken, Assistant Professor at University of Maryland looks at the...

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  6. Minute Bodies

    Date
    8 Mar 2018, 14:36
    Author
    Ben Hodson
    Post Type
    BUFVC Review

    Minute Bodies: The Intimate World of F. Percy Smith UK. DVD. BFI. 55 mins. £14.99 About the Reviewer: Ian Christie is Professor of Film and Media History, Birkbeck College, University of London....

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