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Liquid Crystals
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Release Date: December 31, 1978
Original name: Cristaux liquides
Status: Released
Running time: 6m
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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.
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