The Birth of the Robot
19366m7.0
Animation
- Runtime
- 6m
- Genre
- Animation
- Origin
- United Kingdom
About
This experiment was a “prestige advertisement” for Shell Motor Oil. As conventional animation became dominated by Walt Disney, many European filmmakers turned to puppets as an alternative, and Lye enlisted the help of avant-garde friends such as Humphrey Jennings and John Banting to make the amusing puppets. Exploring the still-complex color process, which involved the combination of three separate images, Lye creates such a vivid storm scene that reviewers hailed it as “proof that the color film has entered a new stage.” The music is Holst’s The Planets. - Harvard Film Archive
Where to watch
Not available to stream in United States yet.
Details
- Director
- Len Lye
- Writing
- C.H. David
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Oct 1, 1936
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