Moonlight Sonata
Directed by: Lawrence Jordan
year: 1979 4 minutes
"After GYMNOPEDIES, I had long wanted to animate a film specifically for a pre-selected piano piece by [Erik] Satie. MOONLIGHT SONATA is that film. It was totally designed for the 'Gnossienne V' and the movements of the animation are timed to the overall rhythms as well as the specific beats of the music." - Lawrence Jordan
- Genres:
- Animation / Cut-Out
- Avant-garde / Surrealist
- Short / Non-Narrative
- Music / Tone Poem
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Where all is static motion; where music and light become one; where change and motion become one; and where the end is the beginning.
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Gymnopédies
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- Avant-garde / Surrealist
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Lawrence Jordan took not only the music but the title from Erik Satie. GYMNOPEDIES is probably the most famous of Satie's musical series.
Carabosse
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Mostly on black space, the figures in blue perform a very compact and jewel-like opera in surreal form to Erik Satie's piano music.
Masquerade
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- Genres:
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- Short / Narrative
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In the film MASQUERADE, we enter the experience of death with respect and reverence. The clouds disperse and the scene is revealed. As with all of Lawrence Jordan's films, the narrative is implied and can be viewed in a variety of ways.
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Dir. Lawrence Jordan
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- Genres:
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