Science Is Fiction: 23 Films By Jean Painlevé (2009)

Cover by Rodrigo Corral

Editada en Estados Unidos por Criterion en 2009

         

Duración: 315 minutos

Pantalla: 1.33:1 (16:9) 640 x 480i

Audio: Francés Dolby Digital Mono / Dolby Digital 2.0 

Subtítulos: Inglés

                

 

Restored digital transfers of all twenty-three films

DISC ONE

Popular Films

Hyas And Stenorhynchus

(Hyas Et Stenorinques) 1927 10 Minutes Black & White

Sea Urchins 

(Oursins) 1954 11 Minutes Color

How Some Jellyfish Are Born 

(Comment Naissent Des Méduses) 1960 14 Minutes Black & White

Liquid Crystals 

(Cristaux Liquides) 1978 6 Minutes Color

The Sea Horse 

(L'Hippocampe) 1933 14 Minutes Black & White

The Love Life Of The Octopus 

(Les Amours De La Pieuvre) 1967 14 Minutes Color

Shrimp Stories 

(Histoires De Crevettes) 1964 10 Minutes Color

Acera, Or The Witches' Dance 

(Acera Ou Le Bal Des Sorcières) 1972 13 Minutes Color

The Vampire 

(Le Vampire) 1945 9 Minutes Black & White

Freshwater Assassins

(Les Assassins D'eau Douce) 1947 24 Minutes Black & White

Sea Ballerinas

(Les Danseuses De La Mer) 1956 13 Minutes Color

Diatoms

(Diatomées) 1968 17 Minutes Color

Pigeons In The Square

(Les Pigeons Du Square) 1982 27 Minutes Color

DISC TWO

Early Popular Silent Films

The Octopus 

(La Pieuvre) 1927 13 Minutes Black & White

Sea Urchiins 

(Les Oursins) 1928 10 Minutes Black & White

Daphnia 

(La Daphnie) 1928 9 Minutes Black & White

Silent Research Films


The Stickleback’s Egg 

(L’oeuf D’épinoche) 1925 26 Minutes Black & White

Experimental Treatment Of A Hemorrhage In A Dog 

(Traitement Éxperimental D'une Hémorragie Chez Le Chien) 1930 4 Minutes Black & White

Films For Le Palais De La Découverte


The Fourth Dimension 

(La Quatrième Dimension) 1936 10 Minutes Black & White

The Struggle For Survival 

(Images Mathématiques De La Lutte Pour La Vie) 1937 14 Minutes Black & White

Voyage To The Sky

(Voyage Dans Le Ciel) 1937 11 Minutes Black & White

Similarities Between Length And Speed

(Similitudes Des Longeurs Et Des Vitesses) 1937 10 Minutes Black & White

Bluebeard

 (Barbe-Bleu) 1938 13 Minutes Gasparcolor

DISC THREE

Bonus Features


 The Sounds Of Science

Eight Films With Original Score By Yo La Tengo

Interview With Yo La Tengo

Interviews With The Filmmaker, Drawn From The Eight-Part Television Series

Jean Painlevé Through His Films, Directed By Denis Derrien And Hélène Hazera

An Essay By Film Scholar Scott Macdonald

                 

     

Cronos (1992)

Cover by Mike Mignola

Editada en Estados Unidos por Criterion en 2025

                     

Duración: 92 minutos

Pantalla: 1.85:1 (16:9) 3840 x 2160p

Audio: Español DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0

Subtítulos: Inglés

 

New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Guillermo del Toro, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack

One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features

Optional original Spanish-language voice-over intro­duction

Two audio commentaries, one featuring del Toro, the other producers Arthur H. Gorson and Bertha Navarro and coproducer Alejandro Springall

Geometria, an unreleased 1987 short horror film by del Toro, finished in 2010, alongside an interview with the director

Welcome to Bleak House, a tour by del Toro of his home office, featuring his personal collections

Interviews with del Toro, cinematographer Guillermo Navarro, and actors Ron Perlman and Federico Luppi

Stills gallery captioned by del Toro

An essay by film critic Maitland McDonagh and excerpts from del Toro’s notes for the film