Colour Box

Len Lye | United Kingdom | 1935 | 4' |

| IFFR 2000

One of the first cameraless films, exploiting all its advantages.

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Le retour à la raison
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Devil’s Book
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Feuerhaus
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Boulevard
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Salvage
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One photograph transforming itself into a row of surprising images, freed from their signifier.
Blazes
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About the inefficient distribution of publicity posters and its consequences.