[MOVIE]
Scen.: Len Lye; F.: Jonah Jones; Mu.: “Tony’s Wife”, eseguita da Rico’s Creole Band; Sound editor: Jack Ellitt; Coreografia: Rupert Doone; Int.: Rupert Doone (ballerino); Prod.: Basil Wright, Alberto Cavalcanti, per GPO Film Unit; 35mm. D.: 4’ a 24 f/s. Col.
An advertisement for the Post Office’s Savings Bank scheme. But that only becomes apparent at the end. Before that Lye takes us on a hypnotic dance tour of abstract patterns, stylised echoes of the British suburban landscapes, and live-action footage of a dancing man in silhouette (Rupert Doone, a leading figure in London’s theatrical avant-garde). In Lye’s version of 1930s Britain, the exuberance and the rainbow colours never end.
Geoff Brown
