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I See Music: How Oskar Fischinger Influenced Disney
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I See Music: How Oskar Fischinger Influenced Disney

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 / 1 March 2018

Remember the pre-CGI visual beauty of Fantasia? Fischinger, who also worked with Orson Welles, Fritz Lang, among others, invented the "lumigraph" (a machine for "playing" colors on screen). This guy should be put on a stamp.

Making Their Mark in Early Film: An Excellent Anthology of Women Directors
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Making Their Mark in Early Film: An Excellent Anthology of Women Directors

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 / 2 June 2017
First they survived an unpredictable male-dominated industry, and then their films survived the passage of time. Early Women Filmmakers: An International Anthology.
Beauty in the Abstract: ‘Visual Music 1947-1986’
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Beauty in the Abstract: ‘Visual Music 1947-1986’

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 / 8 May 2017
These films present pure sensual pleasure unfettered by story, character and other left-brain constructs. In other words, this stuff is beautiful.