This documentary, made seven years after the death of legendary filmmaker and kinetic artist Len Lye, tells Lye's story: from being a young boy staring at the sun, to travels around the Pacific and life in New York. It includes excerpts from many of his films, and interviews with second wife Ann and biographer Roger Horrocks. Len Lye himself is often heard, outlining his ideas of the ‘old brain’ and how Māori and Aboriginal art influenced his work. The grandeur of his ideas are only matched by their scale, with steel sculptures designed to be "at least 20 foot high".
Keith Griffiths
Director
Len Lye
Self
Ann Lye
Self
Stan Brakhage
Self
Paul Barnes
Self
Roger Horrocks
Self
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Directed by John Ford70%
Sidney70%
Sherman's March67%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Public Speaking70%
35 Up76%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
The Class of ‘9271%
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story62%
Above Majestic73%
Fuck64%
28 Up75%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
Love, Antosha74%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Elstree 197661%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
Wick Is Pain74%
Finders Keepers65%
