Tarantella (1940 film)
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| Tarantella | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Mary Ellen Bute |
Release date | 1940 |
Running time | 5 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Tarantella is a five-minute color, avant-garde animated short film created by Mary Ellen Bute, a pioneer of visual music and electronic art in experimental cinema.
With piano accompaniment by Edwin Gerschefski, "Tarantella" features rich reds and blues that Bute uses to signify a lighter mood, while her syncopated spirals, shards, lines and squiggles dance exuberantly to Gerschefski’s modern beat. Bute produced more than a dozen short films between the 1930s and the 1950s and once described herself as a "designer of kinetic abstractions" who sought to "bring to the eyes a combination of visual forms unfolding with the … rhythmic cadences of music." Bute’s work influenced many other filmmakers working with abstract animation during the 1930s and 1940s, and with experimental electronic imagery in the 1950s.[1]
In 2010, the film was selected for listing in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b "Hollywood Blockbusters, Independent Films and Shorts Selected for 2010 National Film Registry". Retrieved September 1, 2012.
- ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing | Film Registry | National Film Preservation Board | Programs at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
This article incorporates public domain material from 2010 National Film Registry Announced - News Releases (Library of Congress). Library of Congress. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
External links
- Tarantella essay [1] by Lauren Rabinovitz at National Film Registry
- Tarantella at IMDb
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