I enjoyed the history about Germany and the UFA it's always interesting to learn something new. The film Rhythmus 21 and its art deco "look" really showed how film was advancing with the light and shadows, the depht and movement, the intricate designs and how they flowed, it amazing the drawings took 3 years to create, patience is one thing Richter sure had!
Fischinger's work is amazing. The first film reminded me of an ocean and a school of fish swimming together, how he scycronized it all to music is amazing and much more enjoyable to me than the abstract squares and such of the earlier films we saw, not to take away from them, its unbelieveable what people were able to do with film in such a short time, you have to start somewhere. I think the addition of not only music but color also added to Fischinger's impressive work, I'm not a film major so I find it incredible as to how he did what he did.
I really liked Smith's work, the little bit we got to see in color really did make a difference. It reminded me a bit of soft watercolor paintings, a fuzzy layered texture. I guess it was accomplished by his unconvential manipulation of the film, vaseline? I also liked the music, I visited the Grand Canyon in Dec. and watched some Native American dance and song and the film took me back. I can understand Smith's attraction to their music and chanting, it very soothing and spiritual. They are very private though and I wonder how they feel about him using thier sounds for his film, they are very much into nature and I can't imagine they would want their "sound" associated with such an "unusual" film. I could be wrong, just a thought.
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