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
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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