Film · 1940 · Music
Len Lye’s camera-less film animates “swing” versions of the popular Lambeth Walk—featuring Django Reinhardt on guitar and Stéphane Grappelli on violin—through scratched and painted imagery directly on celluloid. Sponsored by the Tourist and Industrial Development Association after Lye and his family fell into hardship, the film blends vibrant visual rhythms with music, free of advertising slogans, and stands out as one of Lye’s most playful experiments in direct cinema.
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Len Lye’s camera-less film animates “swing” versions of the popular Lambeth Walk—featuring Django Reinhardt on guitar and Stéphane Grappelli on violin—through scratched and painted imagery directly on celluloid. Sponsored by the Tourist and Industrial Development Association after Lye and his family fell into hardship, the film blends vibrant visual rhythms with music, free of advertising slogans, and stands out as one of Lye’s most playful experiments in direct cinema.
Swinging the Lambeth Walk (1940) is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The 4m music directed by Len Lye is rated 6.1/10 by 21 viewers.
Swinging the Lambeth Walk was released on February 1, 1940.
Swinging the Lambeth Walk was directed by Len Lye.
Swinging the Lambeth Walk has a runtime of 4 minutes.
Swinging the Lambeth Walk is categorized as Music, Animation.
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