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    Blinkity Blank

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    A playful exercise in intermittent animation and spasmodic imagery. Playing with the laws relating to persistence of vision and after-image on the retina of the eye, McLaren engraves pictures on blank film creating vivid, percussive effects.

  • Release Date

    1955-04-25

  • Average

    6.37

  • Rating:

    3.2 starts
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