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Kaleidoscope (1935)

Kaleidoscope poster
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

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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