简介：Themesmerizing,utterlyunclassifiablesciencefilmsofJeanPainleve(1902-89)havetobeseentobebelieved:delightful,surrealist-influenceddreamworksthatarealsoseriousscience.TheFrenchfillmmaker-scientist-inventerhadadecades-spanningcareerinwhichhecreatehundredsofshortfilmsonsubjectsranginfromastronomytopigeonsto,mostfamously,suchmarin-lifemarvelsastheseahorseandtheseaurchin.…