Lichtspiel: Opus I (1921)
- Directed by
- Walter Ruttmann
- Genre
- silent film, abstract animation film
- Country
- German Reich, Germany
- Runtime
- 13 min
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 50 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 silent film is made of moving abstract shapes and colors. It has no people or story. It shows shapes dancing to music.
abstractfast-paceddreamlikehypnoticrhythmicexperimentalvisually playful
What happens
Lichtspiel Opus 1 est un film abstrait allemand sorti en 1921 et réalisé par Walter Ruttmann. Il forme avec les autres films abstraits allemands, et la vague dadaïste et surréaliste des années 1920, le socle de base du futur cinéma expérimental international. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Strich-Punkt-Ballett (1943)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.