Liquid Crystals
1978, French. Directed by Jean Painlevé.
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.
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- 0h 6m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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Liquid Crystals is streaming on Criterion Channel in India.
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- Released
- 31 December 1978
- Original title
- Cristaux liquides
- Country
- France
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Liquid Crystals runs 6 minutes (0h 6m).
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Liquid Crystals is streaming on Criterion Channel in India. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Liquid Crystals?
Liquid Crystals (1978) was directed by Jean Painlevé.