Motion Painting No. 1 (1947) is a short animated film in which film artist Oskar Fischinger put images in motion to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach's Brandenburg Concerto no. 3, BWV 1048.[1]

Production

The film was created by applying oil paint on acrylic glass. 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".[2] The Academy Film Archive preserved Motion Painting No. 1 in 2000, though they do not have distribution rights.[3]

References

  1. MichaelBarrier.com -- Capsules: Oskar Fischinger's Motion Painting No. 1
  2. Librarian of Congress Names 25 New Films to National Film Registry
  3. "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.

Further reading

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