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Doodlin': Impressions Of Len Lye

Doodlin': Impressions Of Len Lye

Status

Released

Release

1987

Runtime

52m

Storyline

This documentary, made seven years after the death of legendary filmmaker and kinetic artist Len Lye, tells Lye's story: from being a young boy staring at the sun, to travels around the Pacific and life in New York. It includes excerpts from many of his films, and interviews with second wife Ann and biographer Roger Horrocks. Len Lye himself is often heard, outlining his ideas of the ‘old brain’ and how Māori and Aboriginal art influenced his work. The grandeur of his ideas are only matched by their scale, with steel sculptures designed to be "at least 20 foot high".

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
52m
Jan 1, 1987
Languages
English
Production Countries
United Kingdom