Kaleidoscope (1935)
- Directed by
- Len Lye
- Genre
- experimental film, audio-visual advertisement
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 3 min
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 14 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.
How it feels
An abstract advertisement from 1935, this short film uses animated cigarette shapes and rhythmic music from a Cuban orchestra to create a moving visual pattern set to sound.
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The Blue Wonder (1935)
Tarantella (1941)
Rhythm in Light (1935)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.
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