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Len Lye DVD Campaign Starts Here!

One of the best things about going to Tate Modern with my Dad, his ladyfriend Christine and John was seeing Len Lye FINALLY shown in an art gallery - I've been fan of this animator's work since the early 90's, when the university where I did my art degree had a few videos from the G.P.O. film unit. He invented the cameraless animation technique of drawing straight onto the film - something I immediately tried to do!

Here, have a look:

Colour Box - the one in the Tate:

and

Swinging the Lambeth Walk.

So WHY OH WHY can you not (apart from a paltry 3 on a collection) get his films on DVD? When you get utter Hollywood drivel pumped out by the bucketload and someone who did innovative and magical films like this can only get an old VHS? :-(

Tempted to buy the VHS and transfer it...these films are crackly and noisy at best, so don't survive modern codecs, it would be shame to add more quality loss. Sort it out Royal Mail, Postal Heritage and co.!

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2 Responses to “Len Lye DVD Campaign Starts Here!”

  1. Roger Horrocks Says:
    May 30th, 2007 at 2:49 am

    Dear Tim, The Len Lye Foundation and the New Zealand Film Archive are working on a Lye DVD at this very minute, but some of the films need restoration work since we want to do the job properly. There are a lot of Lye films in addition to the well known ones you mention. Rather than the crappy colour of the YouTube versions, they should be seen at their best.
    Thanks for your interest. --Roger Horrocks

  2. Kevin Eden Says:
    December 5th, 2007 at 12:24 pm

    Great news from Roger. Let's hope they can do great work in line with the stunning Norman McLaren 7DVD set that the Canadian Film Board issued this year.

    I too love Len's work and remember an excellent documentary shown on Channel 4 many moons ago.

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