Mostly of interest to artsy folks...
This is an artsy short from the collection "Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film 1894-1941". It consists of lots of art and historical films which the average viewer probably will care less about if they see them.
Unlike most of their films, Mary Ellen Bute and Ted Nemeth are assisted by the young Norman McLaren--before McLaren gained some fame with his shorts he completed for the National Film Board of Canada. The film is set to the music of Saint-Saens and is supposedly about spooks coming out at night in a cemetery--though most of it consists of very vaguely animated objects. All in all, I didn't understand the film's appeal as unlike most art films from this collection, this one actually played at mainstream theaters (such as Radio City Music Hall).
Unlike most of their films, Mary Ellen Bute and Ted Nemeth are assisted by the young Norman McLaren--before McLaren gained some fame with his shorts he completed for the National Film Board of Canada. The film is set to the music of Saint-Saens and is supposedly about spooks coming out at night in a cemetery--though most of it consists of very vaguely animated objects. All in all, I didn't understand the film's appeal as unlike most art films from this collection, this one actually played at mainstream theaters (such as Radio City Music Hall).
- planktonrules
- Oct 29, 2011