Diagonal Symphony (1925)

Original title

Symphonie diagonale

Directed by

Viking Eggeling, Ré Soupault

Genre

silent film, abstract animation film

Country

Germany

Runtime

7 min

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 63 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This is a short silent abstract animation from 1923. It shows a series of geometric shapes moving and transforming in a rhythmic, musical-like pattern.

experimentalabstractminimalistrhythmicsilentgeometricvisually starkcontemplative

What happens

Symphonie diagonale, or Diagonal-Symphonie as its German title was, is a 1923 German film directed by Viking Eggeling. The title has also been misspelled Symphonie diaganale in the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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