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A Colour Box (S)

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Original title: A Colour Box
Year: 1935
Running time: 3 min.
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Len Lye
Cast: Animation
Cinematography: Animation
Producer: GPO (General Post Office) Film Unit
Genre: Animation | Short Film (Animated). Experimental Cinema. Short Film
Synopsis: Lye made this film in association with the British General Post Office, for the GPO Film Unit. A Colour Box, an advertisement for "cheaper parcel post", was the first direct film screened to a general audience. It was made by painting vibrant abstract patterns on the film itself, synchronizing them to a popular dance tune by Don Baretto and His Cuban Orchestra.

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A Colour Box (S)

1935

Len Lye

4.7

(248)