Harry Smith's 11 (-1/3)

[keyboardhero521]

I am shocked by this film's beauty. The melodious and meditative mutations and fusions of images to the rhythms of Monk is one of the great discoveries in American animation very rarely repeated. It is animation as both quirky entertainment and a surreal vision quest, something that excites the eye and stimulates the mind in unpredicrable ways. Pixar has earned their bragging rights in terms of storytelling and image detail, but they cannot recreate Harry Smith's mind trips.

[datalal624]

I haven't seen this work of genius since Film Studies class, years ago. Wow!

And since there's some confusion about the song, it is Thelonious Monk's "Misterioso", from the 1958 album of the same name.

[datalal624]

I haven't seen this work of genius since Film Studies class years ago. Thank-you for posting it!

[cormacbrowne]

@luxmovingimage - That's great, thanks for the post. I was scratching my head wondering how to find more by Smith. Keep up the good work!

ps Youtube, Lux is not spam! ;)

[cuethesun93]

i saw this in the Guggenheim. the colors were much more vibrant. but thank you very much for uploading!

[tapyenreit]

You all want more of this kinda stuff? See an amazing contemporary independent filmmaker named Lewis Clar.

[creten69]

its called the rise of the kinder gentler illuminatii.

[bloweduptruck]

Incredible

[sorryBummerlin]

Bags and Thelonius Monk, maybe? Know the song, but not the recording.

Thanks for uploading this, Shpilkis.

[SeanBoke]

... Osoiretsym.

[SeanBoke]

Mysterioso.

[sorryBummerlin]

Who, Monk and Bags? Any idea what album?

[SeanBoke]

I believe that the song is by Thelonious Monk.

Not sure which album it is from. I've seen this projected on filmstrip, and it doesn't have credits that say what album the music is from.

[sportmurphy]

It's a Blue Note side, reissued on the "Genius of Modern Music" lp and, I think, a Monk "complete Blue Note recordings" cd set. Killer.

[autosam]

Thanks Shpilkis!!!