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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...
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...
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....
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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