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Science Is Fiction: 23 Films by Jean Painlevé

Liquid Crystals

6m 41s

Directed by Jean Painlevé • 1978 • France

A semi-psychedelic collection of different liquids crystalizing under a microscope.

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    Directed by Jean Painlevé • 1964 • France

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