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Eye Myth (1967)

Eye Myth poster
Directed by
Stan Brakhage
Genre
animation
Country
United States
Runtime
1 min
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 65 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a nine-second experimental film that uses rapidly changing abstract images to create a visual experience. It shows how the eye perceives and processes light and motion.

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What happens

Eye Myth is an experimental short film by Stan Brakhage, produced in 1967. The film has a running time of only nine seconds, but took about a year to produce. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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