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Assassins d'eau douce
Jean Painlevé
1947 - 25 min - 35 mm - Noir & Blanc - France
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Jean Painlevé
1947 - 25 min - 35 mm - Noir & Blanc - France
The film “Les Assassins d'eau douce” (Freshwater Assassins) ends in glorious, shameless anthropomorphism. After we've watched insects, crustaceans and other assorted water bugs engage in acts such as "injecting gastric juice and swallowing the pulp of dissolved tissue" of their neighbours—to the music of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Gene Krupa—the narrator tells us that "In all these murders, one is overwhelmed by the supplicating gestures of the victims; one can imagine their cries."
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Distributor : Les Documents cinématographiques
Not commercial Distribution : ADAV
DVD Editing : Les Documents cinématographiques
Circulation-Consultation : BPI (Bibliothèque publique d'information), BnF (Bibliothèque nationale de France). Département de l'Audiovisuel