SPECIAL EVENT: The Secret Science Club & Criterion Collection present a NIGHT OF SUBMARINE CINEMA at the Bell House on Sunday, May 17 @ 7 PM, FREE!
Get wet and wild with the surreal underwater films of Jean Painlevé. Sea life has never been this sexy—or strange. Experience The Love Life of the Octopus, The Witches’ Dance, and more—all featuring “The Sounds of Science,” a 21st-century score created specially by indie rockers Yo La Tengo.
Marine scientist J. Rudi Strickler will be your guide to the depths . . .
(Films from “Science Is Fiction: 23 Films of Jean Painlevé” courtesy of the Criterion Collection.)
Before & After
--Groove to siren song and liquid video
--Plunge into the “Painlevé Periscope,” a cinematic cocktail that will give you aqua-vision
--Immerse yourself in the tidal Q&A and soak up some fishy door prizes!
--Groove to siren song and liquid video
--Plunge into the “Painlevé Periscope,” a cinematic cocktail that will give you aqua-vision
--Immerse yourself in the tidal Q&A and soak up some fishy door prizes!
This special edition of the Secret Science Club meets Sunday, May 17 at 7 p.m. @ the Bell House, 149 7th St. (between 2nd and 3rd avenues) in Gowanus, Brooklyn, p: 718.643.6510 Subway: F to 4th Ave; R to 9th St; F or G to Smith/9th
No cover charge. Just bring your smart self!
Please bring ID: 21+