Harry Smith. No.10: Mirror Animations. 1957.
Harry Smith. Early Abstractions. No. 1: A Strange Dream (l946), No. 2: Message from the Sun (1946-48), No. 3: Interwoven (1947-49) (Part 1). 1946-57.
Harry Smith. Mirror Animations. 1957.
Music is "Misterioso" by Milt Jackson, Thelonious Monk, John Simmons, Shadow Wilson.
Harry Smith. Mirror Animations. Test Film (Full Open Frame). 1957.
Harry Smith. Early Abstractions (1946-57). Part 2.
Harry Smith. Early Abstractions (1946-57). Part 1.
Harry Smith. Stills from Early Abstractions. 1939-1956.
Harry Smith. Early Abstractions (1946-1957). No. 11 Mirror Animations. 1957.
Soundtrack is "Misterioso" by Thelonious Monk, which was recorded in 1947 for Blue Note, with Milt Jackson on vibes, John Simmons on bass and Shadow Wilson keeping time - a studio session that Harry Smith was the recording engineer on.
Harry Smith's transcription of Dizzy Gillespie's tune Manteca, each paint stroke represents a musical note.
“Everybody, everybody everywhere, has his own movie going, his own scenario, and everybody is acting his movie out like mad, only most people don’t know that is what they’re trapped by, their little script.” ― Tom Wolfe
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