The Roxy Theater

The Roxy Theater

2 Episodes

Art-House America

The latest entry in our original series of art-house profiles explores Missoula’s Roxy Theatre, home of the International Wildlife Film Festival, and gives the theater’s programmers a chance to present Jean Painlevé’s surreal aquatic documentaries.

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The Roxy Theater
  • Voyage to the Sky

    Episode 1

    Directed by Jean Painlevé • 1937 • France

    On assignment for the mathematics department of le Palais de la Découverte, Jean Painlevé shot this film to be presented at the Paris museum’s 1937 international exhibition. VOYAGE TO THE SKY muses on extraterrestrial landscapes and earth’s role in the...

  • Bluebeard

    Episode 2

    Directed by Jean Painlevé • 1938 • France

    Inspired by the groundbreaking use of film in the analysis of movement by physiologist Étienne-Jules Marey, Jean Painlevé animated the opéra bouffe BLUEBEARD, about the legendary knight, using clay dolls made by sculptor René Bertrand and Bertrand’s th...