Allegretto
Short colour animated film showing shapes moving and set to a musical score. The shapes are coloured and primarily geometric in nature.
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"My first film from director Oskar Fischinger {though he did work on Lang's 'Frau im Mond (1929)'} is, I hear, characteristic of his career in film: abstract animation synchronised to a musical rhythm. 'Allegretto (1936),' his first project following his arrival in Hollywood, was originally commissioned as a segment of Paramount's 'The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936),' but the production was later changed from Technicolor (or Gasparcolor) to black-and-white, and only a butchered version of Fischinger's film found its way into the final release. In any c..."
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The original 1936 version of this film made by Oskar Fischinger for Paramount Studios was shot but never printed, until restored decades later. The version that is well known in distribution now is a remake completed in1943, made after Fischinger paid Paramount to buy back the rights to his material, using some of the original animation cells, with others repainted by Fischinger for the remake. The original film was shot in Technicolor but the remake used Gasparcolor because that was the process Fischinger preferred. Please note, official date for this title should be changed to 1936-43.
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Short colour animated film showing shapes moving and set to a musical score. The shapes are coloured and primarily geometric in nature.