Liquid Crystals

Liquid Crystals — Plot

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.

• Release date
• December 31, 1978
• Runtime
• 6 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Jean Painlevé