Basic Info
Release: October 01, 1936
Rating: ⭐ 6.8/10 (11 votes)
The Birth of the Robot
1936
⭐ 6.8/10
11 votes
Overview
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
Genres
Animation
Production Countries
- United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
- No Language xx
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Cast
Crew
Len Lye
Director
C.H. David
Writer
Jack Ellitt
Music
Gustav Holst
Music
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