Rainbow Dance

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Release Year: 1936

Director: Len Lye

Review: This experimental animation/live action short by Len Lye reminded me of the opening credit dance sequence in 'Superbad'.  A live action dancer is drawn over and  incorporated into a 2D animated world.  The video is essential a man dancing around after it rains with music playing.  At one point he picks up a tennis racket and starts playing with large drawn orbs, which is a neat effect, especially for 1936.  The quality of the film is very poor and diminishes the effect of the animation, but even if it was pristine I don't think it would evoke anything more than a "that's kind of cool" from me.  The concept is greater than the execution.
Rating: 2/5