Synchromy No. 4: Escape (Mary Ellen Bute - 1938)

[bobbobato]

This is not the first colour film. There were experimental films in the 1890s and commercial colour musicals around 1930.

[PoitinCZ]

It's great what you find on YouTube, innit?

[DXwarrior100]

I have heard this song before in the original Fantasia film by Disney. Both this film and Fantasia were far ahead of their tme.

[DXwarrior100]

I have heard this song before in the original Fantasia film by Disney. 

[horsesareok]

I assume she's read Kandinsky. Great film.

[Spanglefeather]

@horsesareok

exactly, yes kandinsky did write about these things. I always thought highly of disney for fantasia but now i dont.. How tense to have lived during his times, and for Steiner too

[mccarthystuart]

hard to believe this was made in 1938.

It looks almost as thought it was

made 20-30 years later.

[rivideoguy]

What did I just watch?!

I have never seen anything like this from its time. From the color film to the graphics, the motion and syncopation. Stunning. Majorly impressive.

[MrSanta1988]

she deserved so much more credit for her work..

[cookymonsterr]

This is a decade ahead of its time!

[digifilm]

this was ripped from the Unseen Cinema dvd compilation. You can read a lot about Bute at the website of Center for Visual Music. They have a traveling film show of Bute films, and a special section of their website about Bute

[binary132]

bach was so brilliant!

[AlbertoHernandez]

VEry cool

Historical  techniques !

[blunderspublik]

That was amazing. I'm curious about where this came from too. Is it available on DVD/online?

[Lloyd3419]

Now we know where Walt Disney got the idea for his first experimental film "Fantasia" from Lloyd M Williams 8-25-08

[wolverinebizerko1]

love it. what was the source of this?