Diagonal Symphony

Original title: Symphonie diagonale

1924
7m

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

1.5K

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Animation Music Short

A tilted figure, consisting largely of right angles at the beginning, grows by accretion, with the addition of short straight lines and curves which sprout from the existing design. The figu... Read allA tilted figure, consisting largely of right angles at the beginning, grows by accretion, with the addition of short straight lines and curves which sprout from the existing design. The figure vanishes and the process begins again with a new pattern, each cycle lasting one or two... Read allA tilted figure, consisting largely of right angles at the beginning, grows by accretion, with the addition of short straight lines and curves which sprout from the existing design. The figure vanishes and the process begins again with a new pattern, each cycle lasting one or two seconds. The complete figures are drawn in a vaguely Art Deco style and could be said to ... Read all

Director
- Viking Eggeling

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IMDb RATING

6.0/10

1.5K

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Director
- Viking Eggeling

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Trivia
This film is the first experimental film (along with Rhythmus 21) and it was released in 1921. However, due to Eggeling's dissatisfaction with the initial versions, he re-shot the film at least three times.

Alternate versions
This film was published in Italy in an DVD anthology entitled "Avanguardia: Cinema sperimentale degli anni '20 e '30", distributed by DNA Srl. The film has been re-edited with the contribution of the film history scholar Riccardo Cusin . This version is also available in streaming on some platforms.

Connections
Featured in Bewegte Bilder. Deutsche Trickfilme der Zwanziger Jahre (1975)

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3/10

It's a bunch of stupid lines and stuff.

I was waiting for it to get interesting. It never did. It's lines, man. They appear and disappear and stuff. Big deal. There was already a lot of innovation in the film and animation world at this point in history. I don't get what's impressive about these particular lines. Maybe there's some sort of context missing here. But Jeez Louise... I was waiting for this thing to start and then just wanted it to end. Speaking of lines, did you know that IMDb requires a minimum of ten lines in a review? If the text dialog box I'm typing into is any indication, then I have three more to go after the break, which actually happened between the words "after" and "the" just now. Of course, by the time this review goes to press it'll be formatted differently. Of course, your browser's text setting will definitely come into play here.