Summary
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.
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Audiences 70GoodWatch 70
Letterboxd · 1 K ratings3.7/5
IMDb6.7
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Streams in 2 countries
Released
1978
December 31, 1978
48 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
French
Original language
Made in
France
Directing · 1
- Jean Painlevé Director
Sound · 1
- François de Roubaix Music
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