Histoires de crevettes
After a comic introduction, we look closely at a shrimp. Eyes on stilts, color patterns, pinchered walking feet, a rostrum. We watch shrimp eat using a strong claw and a fine one; we watch digestion. After eating, shrimp clean the...
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"Painlevé considers the shrimp in this 11-minute documentary about the sea creature best served with garlic and butter... although that aspect is never considered. After a brief, burlesque opening, this short covers the shrimp, its appearance, and its life cycle in typical form for Painlevé's documentaries. Yet the language is different. Most of his better documentaries come off as lectures by a university professor, filled with scientific terms and informed with a dark sense of humor. The narration for this one is quite different. Only a few technical terms are used. Instead, the languag..."
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After a comic introduction, we look closely at a shrimp. Eyes on stilts, color patterns, pinchered walking feet, a rostrum. We watch shrimp eat using a strong claw and a fine one; we watch digestion. After eating, shrimp clean the...