POLKA GRAPH
UNSEEN CINEMA
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2m 55s
One of the favorites of the filmmaker, Mary Ellen Bute stated that POLKA GRAPH "uses the graph pattern of the music as a springboard for the visual interpretation" of the Polka (Allegretto) movement from Dmitri Shostakovich's ZOLOTOI VEK [THE AGE OF GOLD / THE GOLDEN AGE] suite. — Kit Basquin / Bruce Posner
Fun with music! Polka and graphs in rhythm to a polka tune. Let your eyes and your ears dance this one for you.
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