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How Some Jellyfish Are Born
How Some Jellyfish Are Born
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HOW SOME JELLYFISH ARE BORN

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Directed by Jean Painlevé, Geneviève Hamon
France, 1960
Documentary, Short

Synopsis

Through a combination of underwater, time-lapse, and microscopic photography, Jean Painlevé creates a beautiful study of the reproduction cycle of jellyfish.

Synopsis

Through a combination of underwater, time-lapse, and microscopic photography, Jean Painlevé creates a beautiful study of the reproduction cycle of jellyfish.

Our take

Enter the freaky world of jellyfish with Jean Painlevé and Geneviève Hamon! Extraordinary microscopic photography brings to life the reproductive cycles of these wondrous and gelatinous sea creatures. Cells expand, colonies multiply: and every change is captured through the “magic” of time-lapse.