Motion Painting No. 1
Appearance
Motion Painting No. 1 (
Brandenburg Concerto no. 3, BWV 1048.[2]
Production
The film was created by applying oil paint on
Plexiglas.[3]
Fischinger filmed each brushstroke over the course of 9 months.
Legacy
In 1997, the film was selected for inclusion in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[4] The Academy Film Archive preserved Motion Painting No. 1 in 2000, though they do not have distribution rights.[5]
References
Further reading
- The original Frankfurt, Germany.
- William Moritz, Optical Poetry: The Life and Work of Oskar Fischinger (London: John Libbey & Company Ltd., and Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004)
External links
- Motion Painting No. 1 at IMDb
- FilmAffinity