Movie Details
Theatrical Release:January 1st, 1963
Original Language:English
Production Companies:UCLA School of Film and Television
Freight Yard Symphony (1963)
DirectorRobert Abel
Plot
This early UCLA student film by noted visual effects pioneer Robert Abel 19372001 employs a mixed media approach to distill the kinetic energy of an industrial train depot into bold graphic elements With a jazz score Piet Mondrianinspired lines and Oskar Fischingerstyle movement the highlyaccomplished animated short evokes the modernist works of Saul Bass and Ray and Charles Eames
