Len Lye - KALEIDOSCOPE - 1935

[MrFraserFilms2009]

I needed my glasses to watch this, it literally strained my eyes!

[inkthinkink]

woo hoo, art, cigs

[Parsnipaplenty]

The animation makes me think of Animal Collective.

[Dieguux8]

SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES!

[BunnaySango]

how exactly did this guy make a color animation in 1935?

[drakewaterhouse]

@BunnaySango

There were all kinds of ways of doing colour animation in 1935 I believe, even if they were probably crude. However, from what I hear the answer is that he hand-painted the film. And that means exactly what it sounds like - he took a small brush or something similar and painted the film frame by frame. It's no wonder it can be jittery at times. :)

[TheBornAnnoyed]

CooLnesS.

[publismanlio]

I had to look this up. The music sounds like late 50's. Not a spectacular film but I always thought 'A Star Is Born" (1937) was the first color film.

[ifeeltiredsleepy]

@publismanlio Nah colour film was common by the 1930s, and there were several colour films in the 20s. A Star is Born is the first colour film to be nominated for an Oscar.

[daytondigitalfilm]

Yeah, the concept used to be the art first, crass commercialism later... How we have progressed...

[potaluca]

Unbelievably amazing!

[RatPfink66]

Amazing that a cigarette maker would sponsor something like this...the ad flashes a few times in the last third of the reel.

[MathMaddix0]

@RatPfink66 I think he took used film and scratched onto it. Another one of his works is on an old Post Office Training Film.

[dangermaus091]

Thanks for putting this up.  It's fantastic!