Ballet mecanique (1924) Fernand Leger - Part 2

[earlylatebrunch]

:)

[Yastreblyansky]

wonderful, thank you so much

[PorroFirst]

Beautiful.. thank you for sharing.

[gianbiv]

Le immagini prismatiche del volto della donna rappresentano per quei tempi uno stile innovativo. Inoltre come un pò tutta la cinematografia dada o surrealista questo film è flashante...!!!

[Nanushkia]

As the first part: spectacular!!

[Foxglurves]

Oh God that was the toughest film I have ever watched. Ever.

[ericjlein]

This is not the full score :(

[orangerange101010]

where can i buy the score

[nextren]

Inside the diseased and deteriorated mind of a psychopath.

[r4sh89]

@nextren maybe you mean of an art explorer...

[SmokyNebula]

that's fashionable and nice music!

[2spacedoutish]

It's really wonderful to finally see this film, after hearing & reading about it for decades...& to find that it's (generally) still such engrossing viewing, over 85 years later! Many thanks!!

[EmilieGinestet]

WONDERFUL

[venusboys3]

Thank you for posting this.

Do you have any idea where someone could find a copy of the Italian Futurist film 'Thais'?

[scarymary2411]

The woman going up the stairs over and over again frustrates me lol but i guess thats the point

[MrChirpsky]

Ballet Mecanique is by George Antheil. Revolutionary for including such "instruments" as a typewriter, an airplane propeller, and a siren.

Fernand Leger (is this film really by him?) was a cubist/surrealist inspired artist who did films and posters promoting modernism and the machine age.

I think the film is by someone else, but his artwork is used (especially at the end).

[ATCFDrummer]

@MrChirpsky The film is by Fernand Leger and Dudley Murphy. Music by George Anthiel.

[Randoleful]

simply amazing !!

[Drmofothegreat]

amazing sound quality for the '20s.

video is of a rather good quality too.

a question though is it George Antheil as some comments say, or Fernand Leger? or is audio by GA and video by FL?

[Slava24]

audio GA and video FL

[cuchulainn2661]

neither futurism or dadaism: leger was a cubist.

[fernandosilvaesilva]

Yes, in some of his paintings.

[cesarfreak]

@cuchulainn2661 so you went to wikipedia so you could condescendingly "correct" people.

Well, as an Art History major I'll say that like most, if not all artists, he wasn't part of a single trend or "genre." Some of his work also falls under futurism, as does much of the work by many cubists.

[cuchulainn2661]

ok, so you are a troll (or an Art History Major troll, it makes on difference) , but you have a good point when you say that it is uncorrect to trace the aesthetics of an artist to a single trend, nevertheless it is very common and useful. still. I think that you can refer to Leger as a "cubist", just considering his major features.

btw, the fact is that I came to see this video while I was preparing an exam (one of the last before my degree). so shut the fuck up, live long and prosper.

[dinomorphosis]

yeah definitely see how henry cow or the art bears or sleepytime gorrilla musuem could possibly be influenced by this.

[bitachar]

very nice video!

[Bottledflower]

intressting...

It reminds me of the Avant-prog my brother listens to.

[boogster123321]

yeah some henry cow and even magma

[MartinLoronzo]

what music was playd there?

awesome!

[Ptbass75]

George Antheil's Ballet Mecanique

Caused a riot in Paris when it was performed. Score calls for airplane propellers and a siren. Good stuff!

[mart2045]

what was the purpose of this film?

[shjaarwle]

It's an abstract film and it is about creating a link between human and machines and show ralations in shape and rythm. at the end we see the woman smelling a flower but because of what we saw before we can not look at her in a non mecanical way anymore so that means they created a differend perception for the viewer.

[maninwhitedress]

this is ground edit of all kind of movement and interchange. expecially the rotation of animated face of enlightenment. Most people have forgotten how to experiment and make basic boring montages of found footage, which is cool (Bruce Conner) but people are starting to bore me because they are lazy and not willing to explore their world anymore. They just watch and consume and grow bigger.

[priapus56]

@maninwhitedress I HAVE A DREAM!!! Thanks to the invention of youtube, so much great film art is being made available, free, to the young who until now have had to sit and watch the rubbish which television and modern Hollywood offers them. They will become more discerning and will demand better films from modern film makers. They will mature and free themselves from the cunning movie moguls who wish them to remain children all their lives.

[ThaisinhaPC]

is it something about futurism? I need to know and Im not shure.

[Tiagoerg]

Yes the piece is futurist in its conception and instrumentation, however i guess that perhaps Antheil main purpose on the piece is a somewhat Dada perspective that the film also focus. So i guess that Ballet Mecanique is somewhat between futurism and dadaism, as well as the video itself!

[zorenkalamata]

kapsimo......

[baltheros]

cool

[xnophloglas]

this is amazing

[xkukka]

thanks for uploading, I just saw this today on a class at university and am fascinated by it

[Zyzyzys]

Georges Antheil was the bad boy of early 20th century composition. Man was an utter genius, redefined boundaries of what was acceptable as music or art, and defined the modern sound. Brilliant.

[Dork85]

Just came across this video and studied more about it, truly an amazing work. Nice vid.

[peaceandenjoy]

très belle archive !!! vieux de 83 ans !!!!

[rennegade000]

indeed the original soundtrack, thanks

[pianopera]

Music by George Antheil.

[whizbang47]

Wow. This piece comes as a complete surprise! I was looking for another piece by the same name,

also from 1920s France. A Leger-Antheil collaboration sure would have to be exciting and this film delivers. Kudos for putting it up here!

[cajonbru]

thanks for this

[taunitzer]

thanks for the great footage