Rhythm in Light (1935)
- Directed by
- Ted Nemeth, Melville Webber, Mary Ellen Bute
- Genre
- experimental film, absolute film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 5 min
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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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
The film shows a modern artist's vision of what happens in the mind when listening to music. Common objects and abstract shapes appear in soft focus and through prisms, with patterns moving across the screen to Grieg's music.
hypnoticdreamlikefluidmeditativewhimsicallyricalplayfulabstracteuphoric
More like this
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Synchromy No. 4 (1939)
Composition in Blue (1935)
The Flicker (1965)
Tarantella (1941)
Rainbow Dance (1936)- 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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