Les Documents Cinematographiques Movies

  • 1956
    Sea Ballerinas

    Sea Ballerinas

    Sea Ballerinas

    6.51956HD

    Two kinds of starfish, the brittle and the feather. The brittle star moves its arms alone, without the aid of suckers. Underneath is a single...

    Sea Ballerinas
  • 1978
    Liquid Crystals

    Liquid Crystals

    Liquid Crystals

    6.9551978HD

    Title cards introduce images we watch without narration; they are displays of shape and color. François de Roubaix's electronic music...

    Liquid Crystals
  • 1964
    Shrimp Stories

    Shrimp Stories

    Shrimp Stories

    5.81964HD

    After a comic introduction, we look closely at a shrimp. Eyes on stilts, color patterns, pinchered walking feet, a rostrum. We watch shrimp eat using...

    Shrimp Stories
  • 1982
    Pigeons in the Square

    Pigeons in the Square

    Pigeons in the Square

    6.21982HD

    An enthusiastic grandfather sits with children in a Parisian park talking about pigeons. First. their physical appearance—eye, wings and tail,...

    Pigeons in the Square
  • 1936
    Bluebeard

    Bluebeard

    Bluebeard

    61936HD

    Perrault's fairy tale presented in claymation with choral voices. Bluebeard goes courting, all six of his wives having died. He arrives at the house...

    Bluebeard
  • 1989
    Jean Painlevé Through His Films

    Jean Painlevé Through His Films

    Jean Painlevé Through His Films

    5.51989HD

    This documentary about the life and work of filmmaker Jean Painlevé was originally presented in eight parts on French television. It was...

    Jean Painlevé Through His Films