The Dancing Bulrushes (1985)

Directed by

Joanna Priestley

Country

United States

Runtime

5 min

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 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.

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How it feels

This short animated film uses sand on glass to create moving images. The visuals shift and dance in an abstract way.

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What happens

The Dancing Bulrushes is a 1985 5-minute 16mm short animated film by Joanna Priestley, and Steven Subotnick using sand on top glass, directly under the camera. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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