Doodling

"I always do doodle-type images when I'm fishing for something to kind of feel at most one with my self."-Len Lye Tonight's program features glorious 35mm archival prints of Lye's classic films, including the films he made for John Grierson's GPO Film Unit in England in the thirties and his late masterpieces of direct animation. Preceded by the documentary, Doodlin': Impressions of Len Lye, which reveals the exuberance and originality of Len Lye, his art and his ideas.Doodlin': Impressions of Len Lye (Keith Griffiths, 1987, 50 mins, Color/B&W, Video, From the artist). Colour Box: Produced by John Grierson. (1935, 4 mins, Color, 35mm). Kaleidoscope: Produced by Gerald Noxon. (1935, 4 mins, Color, 35mm). Rainbow Dance: Produced by Basil Wright, Alberto Cavalcanti, GPO Film Unit. Dance by Robert Doone. (1936, 5 mins, Color, 35mm). N or NW: Produced by Cavalcanti. GPO Film Unit. (1937, 7 mins, B&W, 35mm). Trade Tattoo: Produced by John Grierson. GPO Film Unit. (1937, 5 mins, Color, 35mm). Swinging the Lambeth Walk (1939, 4 mins, Color, 35mm). Musical Poster #1 (1940, 3 mins, Color, 35mm). Color Cry (1952, 3 mins, Color, 16mm). Rhythm (1957, 1 min, B&W, 16mm). Free Radicals (revised version, 1979, 4 mins, B&W, 16mm).

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