An Optical Poem (1938)
- Directed by
- Oskar Fischinger
- Genre
- abstract animation film, visual music
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 6 min
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 39 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 is a short abstract film based on Franz Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody. Geometric shapes such as circles, squares, and triangles move in time with the music against changing colored backgrounds.
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More like this
Fantasmagoria I (1938)
Radio Dynamics (1942)
Early Abstractions (1939)
Fantasmagoria III (1940)
Tarantella (1941)
Synchromy No. 4 (1939)
Motion Painting No. 1 (1947)
Fantasmagoria II (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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