
An Optical Poem
Movie

An Optical Poem
Movie
- Title:An Optical Poem
- User score:6.6
- Release date:1938-03-05
- Genres:Animation, Music
- Country:United States of America
- Language:No Language
- Budget:$0
- Revenue:$0
- Runtime:7 min
A dance of shapes. A title card tells us this is an experiment in conveying the mental images of music in a visual form. Liszt's "Second Hungarian Rhapsody" is the music. The shapes, all two-dimensional, are circles primarily, with some squares and rectangles, and a few triangles. The shapes move rhythmically to the music: receding from view or moving across the screen. Red circles on a blue background; light blue squares; white rectangles. Then, a red background of many circles with a few in the foreground. Red gives way to blue then to white. Shapes reappear as Liszt's themes re-occur. Then, with a few staccato notes and images, it's over.
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