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
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
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
More like this
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Kaleidoscope (1935)
Rainbow Dance (1936)
Trade Tattoo (1938)
The Blue Wonder (1935)
The Obedient Flame (1939)- 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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