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Liquid Crystals(1978)
Status: Released
Date: 1978-12-31
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22 Votes
Time: 0h 6m
Overview:
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.
Languages: No Language.
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France
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Les Documents Cinématographiques
Movie: Liquid Crystals
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