This experiment was a “prestige advertisement” for Shell Motor Oil. As conventional animation became dominated by Walt Disney, many European filmmakers turned to puppets as an alternative, and Lye enlisted the help of avant-garde friends such as Humphrey Jennings and John Banting to make the amusing puppets. Exploring the still-complex color process, which involved the combination of three separate images, Lye creates such a vivid storm scene that reviewers hailed it as “proof that the color film has entered a new stage.” The music is Holst’s The Planets. - Harvard Film Archive
Len Lye
Director
C.H. David
Writer
Hi Stranger65%
The House70%
Minions & More 273%
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales69%
Hawaiian Vacation69%
Day & Night77%
Lou75%
Yellow Is the New Black65%
Competition61%
Solid Serenade74%
Chips Ahoy66%
Banana71%
The Big Bad Wolf65%
For the Birds74%
The Maker75%
Sea Scouts63%
Orientation Day69%
Party Central67%
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On76%
The Yankee Doodle Mouse71%
