An Optical Poem
19387m6.8
Animation, Music
- Runtime
- 7m
- Genre
- Animation
- Origin
- United States of America
About
A dance of shapes. A title card tells us this is an experiment in conveying the mental images of music in a visual form. Liszt's "Second Hungarian Rhapsody" is the music. The shapes, all two-dimensional, are circles primarily, with some squares and rectangles, and a few triangles. The shapes move rhythmically to the music: receding from view or moving across the screen. Red circles on a blue background; light blue squares; white rectangles. Then, a red background of many circles with a few in the foreground. Red gives way to blue then to white. Shapes reappear as Liszt's themes re-occur. Then, with a few staccato notes and images, it's over.
Where to watch
Free
Availability from JustWatch via TMDB.
Details
- Director
- Oskar Fischinger
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Mar 5, 1938
- Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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