
Examines the sea horse, the only fish that swims upright. We watch it use its prehensile tail to wrap around plants and other sea horses.
Jean Painlevé
France

If you have ten minutes and want to see something that feels like it was beamed in from a different planet, put on The Sea Horse. It’s not for people who need a plot or a three-act structure, but if you’re into watching tiny, weird creatures act like they’re living in a tiny, watery soap opera, you’ll dig it. Painlevé...


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Jean Painlevé

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"If you have ten minutes and want to see something that feels like it was beamed in from a different planet, put on The Sea Horse. It’s not for people who need a plot or a three-act structure, but if you’re into watching tiny, weird creatures act like they’re living in a tiny, watery soap opera, you’ll dig it. Painlevé doesn’t care about being a traditional nature documentarian. He just wants to look at the anatomy of this thing until you’re slightly uncomfortable. When he zooms in on the embryo..."

