Escape (Synchronomy No. 4)(1937)

Escape (Synchronomy No. 4) Synopsis

To the toccata portion of Bach's "Toccata and fugue in D minor," we watch a play of sorts. Blue smoke forms a background; a grid of black lines is the foreground. Behind the lines, a triangle appears, then patterns of multiple triangles. Their movements reflect the music's rhythm. Behind the barrier of the black lines, the triangle moves, jumps, and takes on multiple shapes. In contrast with the blue and the black, the triangles are warm: orange, red, yellow. The black lines bend, swirl into a vortex, then disappear. The triangle pulsates and a set of many of them rises.

Escape (Synchronomy No. 4) (1937) is a animation film directed by Mary Ellen Bute, released on September 5, 1937 with a runtime of 4m. Viewers rate it 7.1 out of 10 across 10 ratings.