Walter Ruttmann – Lichtspiel Opus 1. 1921-25
I thought I would add this in line with the last post on Oskar Fischinger – Motion Paintings. This particular early work is said to have been Fischinger’s first influence in the genre, motivating him to create his ‘Studies’ series in non-objective film.
I’ve started a few playlists in You Tube for further works in this era :
Abstract Films 2
I had to delete the above playlists as many of the pieces I started to collect have been taken off the Internet for copyright issues.
June 18, 2007 at 4:31 pm
[...] make. Animated entirely using cut-out silhouettes, Lotte Reiniger along with her husband Carl Koch, Walter Ruttmann, Alexander Kardan and Berthold Bartosch had constructed a multi-plane camera stand in order to [...]