"Motion Painting No. 1" (1947) is a short animated film in which film artist Oskar Fischinger put images in motion to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach's Brandenburg Concerto no. 3, BWV 1048.
The film was created by applying oil paint on acrylic glass. Fischinger filmed each brushstroke over the course of 9 months. In 1997, the film was selected for inclusion in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
As much as I like the idea of this film and appreciate the time it took, I don't know that I really see the impact it had that makes it something to single out for preservation. The images and music are enjoyable and calming to watch, but I can't say there is anything in this film that is terribly different from what was already being done in animation.
The film was created by applying oil paint on acrylic glass. Fischinger filmed each brushstroke over the course of 9 months. In 1997, the film was selected for inclusion in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
As much as I like the idea of this film and appreciate the time it took, I don't know that I really see the impact it had that makes it something to single out for preservation. The images and music are enjoyable and calming to watch, but I can't say there is anything in this film that is terribly different from what was already being done in animation.