The Birth of the Robot

1936
6.6| 0h6m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 01 October 1936 Released
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Country: United Kingdom
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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

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Animation

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Len Lye

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The Birth of the Robot Audience Reviews

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.
BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.
Walter Sloane Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.