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fandor roku short film classical music shapes

All movies seen on 02/06/2016

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An Optical Poem (1938)

Directed by Oskar Fischinger

Animation | Short

Overview

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.

Length 7 minutes

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Produced under the MGM studio but has more in common with early Disney especially Fantasia. Moving shapes and patterns set to classical music.

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