A computer, drums, and rectangles will melt your brain in 8 minutes.
This is a didactic film in disguise. A progression of brilliant geometric shapes bombard the screen to the insistent beat of drums. The filmmaker programmed a computer to coordinate a highly complex operation involving an electronic beam of light, colour filters and a camera. This animation film, without words, is designed to expose the power of the cinematic medium, and to illustrate the abstract nature of time.
Direction
Jodoin programmed a computer in 1984. Show-off.
Sound
Relentless drum beat that colonizes your heartbeat.
Visual Effects
Electronic beam + color filters = geometric wizardry.
Director
René Jodoin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made at the National Film Board of Canada, this exemplifies their legendary experimental animation program that bankrolled weirdness for decades.
Jodoin was NFB's animation director—this was him proving computers could make art, not just spreadsheets.
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