UNE NUIT SUR LE MONT CHAUVE
UNSEEN CINEMA
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8m 46s
Alexandre Alexeieff and Claire Parker made UNE NUIT SUR LE MONT CHAUVE [NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN] using a pinscreen animation technique, arranging and rearranging thousands of pins so that, when illuminated, they produced variations in shadow from black to white. The effect resembles a mezzotint. This fantasy illustrating Modest Mussorgsky's music presents goblins, skeletons and other fantastic creatures performing terrifying feats. — R. Bruce Elder
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