The Birth of the Robot

7.0 1936 6 min
Animation

This experiment was a “prestige advertisement” for Shell Motor Oil. As conventional animation became dominated by Walt Disney, many European filmmakers turned to puppets as an alternative, and Lye enlisted the help of…

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Director
Len Lye
Writer
C.H. David

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