"An Optical Poem" is an almost 80-year-old animated film that runs for 6 minutes. Oskar Fischinger made this one for MGM shortly before World War II and if you know a bit about animation, you will certainly have heard of Fischinger. He made films already long before color and sound entered the scene, but he uses both to a significant amount for his work here. It felt somewhat strange to see the MGM lion early on for a film like this I must say. Basically, it is really all about the music here. Fischinger clearly made this film with the premise of adjusting his "plot" and animation to what we hear in Liszt's piece, which is exactly the other way around from what soundtracks usually work. The film gets made, then the soundtrack gets added. Oh well, he couldn't use an original soundtrack and make it work for his animation could he? Anyway, I thought this was a mediocre watch at best and I always find it funny when i see people give 9 or 10 stars here. Do you really think this was as good as your very favorite films? As for me, absolutely not and I do not recommend watching "An Optical Poem".
Review of An Optical Poem
