Musical Poster #1

Thematic Score! Music and Documentary Curated by D A Pennebaker

The first of several films Len Lye made for the British Ministry of Information during World War II. Set to wartime jazz tunes, including “Bugle Call Rag,” it opens and closes with an animated bugle. Using direct animation, Lye combined abstract, colorful imagery with warnings against gossiping. (MoMA Circulating Film Library Catalog)

Director

Len Lye

Release Year

1940

Festival Year

2002

Country

United Kingdom

Run Time

3 minutes