The Birth of the Robot (1936)
- Directed by
- Len Lye
- Genre
- audio-visual advertisement
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 6 min
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 12 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A group of puppets perform a funny and colorful advertisement for Shell Motor Oil. The film combines bright colors with music from Holst's The Planets to show off the new color film technology.
whimsicalexperimentalplayfulcolorfulmusicalenergeticlightheartedinnovative
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