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Status: Released

Average Rating: 7

Release Date: Oct 1, 1936

Rating: 1936-10-01

Run Time: 12h 06m

Original Language: English

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Production Countries: United Kingdom

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Synopsis

This experiment was a “prestige advertisement” for Shell Motor Oil. As conventional animation became dominated by Walt Disney, many European filmmakers turned to puppets as an alternative, and Lye enlisted the help of avant-garde friends such as Humphrey Jennings and John Banting to make the amusing puppets. Exploring the still-complex color process, which involved the combination of three separate images, Lye creates such a vivid storm scene that reviewers hailed it as “proof that the color film has entered a new stage.” The music is Holst’s The Planets. - Harvard Film Archive


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Department Role Name
Directing Director
Len Lye
Len Lye
Visual Effects Color Designer
Humphrey Jennings
Humphrey Jennings
Writing Writer
C.H. David
C.H. David
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