Gymnopédies (1965)

Animation. The theme is Weightlessness. Objects and characters are cut loose from habitual meanings, also from tensions and gravitational limitations. A lyric Eric Satie track accompanies the film. Such a portrait seems necessary from time to time to remind us that equilibrium and harmony are possible, and that we will not dissolve into a jelly if we allow ourselves to relax into them: A horseman rides through the landscape, through the town, but never arrives anywhere in particular. An acrobat swings on a rope above a canal in Venice, and is content just to swing there. Nothing threatens to disturb them. This film is a total contrast to the Kafka-like oddities of Eastern European animation. —Canyon Cinema

Released Jan. 1, 1965 6 min None+

Genres: Animation, Music, Short

Keywords: tmdb.collage, tmdb.short-film, mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.cutout, mdblist.rotten

Country: United States
Production Country: United States
Languages: No Language, English