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  1. We Live in Two Worlds : Gpo Film Unit Volume 2 (2009)

    Director
    Len Lye; Harry Watt; Evelyn Spice; William Coldstream; Basil Wright; Stuart Legg; Alberto Cavalcanti; Norman McLaren; Lotte Reiniger; Pat Jackson; Humphrey Jennings; Richard Massingham
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 257 minutes), £24.99

    The second of three double-disc box sets presenting all the key films of the GPO Film Unit produced between 1936-1938. The collection is not just important in cinematic terms, but provides a valuable and...

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  2. Addressing the Nation: Gpo Film Unit Volume 1 (2008)

    Director
    Alberto Cavalcanti; Len Lye; Humphrey Jennings; Basil Wright
    Producer
    John Grierson
    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £24.99

    The first of three deluxe double-disc box sets presenting all the key films of the GPO Film Unit on DVD for the first time. The complete collection includes legendary filmmakers such as John Grierson, Len...

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  3. Len Lye (1957)

    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 26 minutes), £95.00

    New Zealand filmmaker Len Lye was one of the first artists to paint and draw directly on film, and also developed several of the montage and fast-cutting techniques later used successfully in advertising....

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  4. Full Fathom Five (1953 Film)

    Director
    Len Lye

    Experimental and unfinished film using the same ‘Chant of Ariel’ extract, spoken by John Gielgud, from The Tempest which Lye used in his 1935 film of the same title.

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  5. Battle for Music (1943)

    Director
    Donald Taylor; Len Lye; Ralph Keene; Ralph Bond; John Banting; Dylan Thomas; Charles de Latour
    Subject
    History; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 186 minutes), £14.99

    Dramatised documentary about the trials of the London Philharmonic Orchestra during World War II. The year is 1939. Following the liquidation of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the players form a new...

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  6. N or Nw (1937 Video)

    Director
    Len Lye
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 7 min.

    Len Lye’s first non-abstract film. The story concerns a girl who is on the point of breaking off her engagement when the wrongly addressed letter of apology from her fiancé finally arrives. The theme is...

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  7. Trade Tattoo (1937 Video)

    Director
    Len Lye
    Producer
    John Grierson
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. Technicolor. 6 min.

    A mixture of live action submerged in a sea of abstract patterns and line movements. The underlying theme is that to maintain the rhythm of workaday Britain one must post early in the day. Music played by...

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  8. Britain in the Twenties (1936 Video)

    Director
    Adrian Brunel; Desmond Dickensen; Robert Fairthorne; Len Lye; Ivor Montagu; Hans Richter; Brian Salt
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 82 min., 2000 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

    A compilation of rare short British avant-garde films made in the 1920s, influenced by the ‘art’ cinema of the USSR and Germany. The chosen films represent the many distinct avant-garde styles of the...

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  9. Rainbow Dance (1936 Video)

    Director
    Len Lye
    Producer
    Basil Wright
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. Gasparcolour. 4 min.

    A mixture of live action an animation in which the actions of a live dancer combine with shimmering colour fantasies to illustrate the advantages of saving. The message is: ‘The Post Office Savings Bank...

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  10. Colour Box, A (1935 Video)

    Director
    Len Lye
    Subject
    Film & television production; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. Dufaycolor. 4 min.

    Len Lye pioneered the technique of painting directly on to the film negative, and this is the first film that he brought to John Grierson. Grierson liked the film and told him to go away and paint the new...

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