Rainbow Dance (1936)

Directed by

Len Lye

Genre

experimental film, musical film, audio-visual advertisement, live-action/animated film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

4 min

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 50 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A lively dancer moves through colorful abstract shapes and animated patterns. The film uses bold colors and music to create a visual rhythm.

playfulabstractsurrealmusicalcolorfulwhimsicalrhythmicexperimental

What happens

Rainbow Dance is a 1936 British animated colour film, directed and written by New Zealand-born animator Len Lye. It was commissioned by the British Post Office, produced by the GPO Film Unit and was filmed using the Gasparcolor process. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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