Trade Tattoo (1938)
- Directed by
- Len Lye
- Genre
- experimental film, audio-visual advertisement, live-action/animated film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 5 min
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 30 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
This short film takes black and white footage of everyday workers and transforms it with vivid colors and animated patterns. Music drives the visuals forward to celebrate the romance of ordinary jobs.
energeticplayfulrhythmicexperimentalsurrealcollage-likeboldcolorful
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Out of the Inkwell (1938)- 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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