Motion Painting No. 1 (1947)Stream and Watch Online

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Released December 31st, 1947, 'Motion Painting No. 1' stars The movie has a runtime of about 11 min, and received a user score of 63 (out of 100) on TMDb, which compiled reviews from 23 knowledgeable users.

Curious to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Motion Painting No. 1 is a 1947 experimental 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. It is a film of a painting (oil on acrylic glass); Fischinger filmed each brushstroke over the course of 9 months. In 1997, this film was selected for inclusion in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”." .