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Swinging the Lambeth Walk

1940-02-01
5.8
en 4m
MusicAnimation
Len Lye’s camera-less film animates “swing” versions of the popular Lambeth Walk—featuring Django Reinhardt on guitar and Stéphane Grappelli on violin—through scratched and painted imagery directly on celluloid. Sponsored by the Tourist and Industrial Development Association after Lye and his family fell into hardship, the film blends vibrant visual rhythms with music, free of advertising slogans, and stands out as one of Lye’s most playful experiments in direct cinema.

Director

Len Lye

short film paint on film

Status

Released

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Companies

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