Science Is Fiction The Films of Jean Painlevé

The mesmerizing utterly unclassifiable science films of Jean Painlevé 190289 have to be seen to be believed delightful surrealistinfluenced dream works that are also serious science The French filmmakerscientistinventor had a decadesspanning career in which he created hundreds of short films on subjects ranging from astronomy to pigeons to most famously such marinelife marvels as the sea horse and the sea urchin