Swinging the Lambeth Walk
Genres
MusicAnimation
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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.
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Budget
$--
Revenue
$--
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Runtime
4 mins
Rating
5.8/10
Release Date
01 February 1940
Country
United Kingdom
