An Optical Poem

An Optical Poem
  • Release date: 12 Feb 1938
  • Release year: 1938
  • Runtime: 6 minutes
  • Country: United States
  • Keywords: classical music, abstract film, avant garde, geometric form, experimental short, one reeler, mgm miniature, rhythm, reference to franz liszt
Plot Storyline
Mental imagery of music is visualized with two-dimensional shapes dancing to the rhythm of Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2.
A dance of shapes. A title card tells us this is an experiment in conveying the mental images of music in a visual form. Liszt's "Second Hungarian Rhapsody" is the music. The shapes, all two-dimensional, are circles primarily, with some squares and rectangles, and a few triangles. The shapes move rhythmically to the music: receding from view or moving across the screen. Red circles on a blue background; light blue squares; white rectangles. Then, a red background of many circles with a few in the foreground. Red gives way to blue then to white. Shapes reappear as Liszt's themes re-occur. Then, with a few staccato notes and images, it's over.
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