Shapes and Gestures at Fmovies. Begins as a whimsical piece with 'sheets' of lines running down the screen, progressing into more and more complex geometic patterns but without deviating from the basic precepts of 'dot and line' animation. Jazz piano on a lazy Sunday afternoon, and a spring color palette. -- Stephanie Sapienza. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2001.
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Derived from an installation, an asymmetrical orchestration of "motion paintings" pushing the limits of abstraction in the digital age.
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An animated parody of television commercials and the television audience. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
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An experimental short from Oskar Fischinger
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After an unproductive appointment, the Subject returns home as their bottled up emotions reach a boiling point.
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The first Studies were synchronized with records (Fischinger made a total of 13 Studies all without sound). It was only with the introduction of...
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A classic tale retold with Harryhausen's trademark animation. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.
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Tigre is an experimental film with animation applied directly onto film.
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Begins with a three beat announcement drawn out in time which thereafter serves as a figure to divide the four sections. Each return of this figure...
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A greedy King Midas is visited one day by a mysterious visitor who grants him the ability to turn all things he touches to gold. He learns his lesson...
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Early 'visual music' film by John Whitney. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1999.
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Animator Ryan Larkin does a visual improvisation to music performed by a popular group presented as sidewalk entertainers. His take-off point is the...
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The story of a starving third-world infant, set to a song by Harry Chapin. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.