Viking Eggeling: Diagonalsymfonin [restored version] (1924, 1:00 min excerpt, silent)
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English title: Symphonie Diagonale
SWE:
En av de första abstrakta, animerade filmerna i filmhistorien. Svenskfödde Eggeling, som levde och verkade i Berlin, skapade Diagonalsymfonin på samma sätt som ett partitur för musik. Eggeling sökte ett universellt språk som skulle överbrygga gapet mellan konstnär och publik. Denna version av Diagonalsymfonin är restaurerad av Gösta Werner 1994 i samarbete med Svenska Filminstitutet.
ENG:
One of the first abstract, animated films in film history. Swedish-born Eggeling, who lived and worked in Berlin, created his film analogously to , regarding his films as a musical score. In them, he tried to create a universal language that would bridge the gap between the artist and his audience. This version of Diagonal Symphony was restored by Gösta Werner in 1994, in collaboration with and support from The Swedish Film Institute.