Information
- BFI identifier509803
- Date1990 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisCombines hand animation, with documentary photographs and computer animation to reflect the avant-garde spirit of the Hungarian artist László Moholy-Nagy. (Synopsis)
- Genre
- Subject
- CreditsDirector: John Halas
Production Company: London John Halas
Production Company: Educational Film Centre
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Title
A Memory of L Moholy-Nagy (Original)
A Memory of Moholy-Nagy (Alternative)
Category
Non Fiction- Collections
- Film / Video
- Scripts / DocumentsMemory of L Moholy-Nagy - Documentary short film [15 minutes] on the life and work of Hungarian artist Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895 - 1946). Combining drawn animation with models and photographs to reveal the many facets of the artist whose photography, design and architecture epitomised the Bauhaus movement in Europe. Director/producer:John Halas; animation/artwork:Andy Wyatt; Model work: Brian Borthwick, Phil Gell; computer animation: Tamas Walic; photography: Peter Petronio; music: Boris Karadimchev; advice: Hattula Moholy-Nagy. Papers include storyboard, script, correspondence, design work, distribution files - HAB-1-133
Design: animation - Ring binder containing various different storyboard drafts; most are photocopied, some have hand drawn/coloured frames or pasted-in images c. 1988 - 1990 - HAB-1-133-1
Script - Script draft no date - HAB-1-133-2
Document: pre-production - File containing: - budget breakdown from storyboard to post-production phases August 1989 - HAB-1-133-3
Document: correspondence - Correspondence file containing: - letters between John Halas and Hattula Moholy-Nagy [daughter of Laszlo Maholy-Nagy] discussing the first ideas for the project; requests for photographs and other LMN items to use in the film; request by her for a print of the finished film 1988 - 1990 - letter of congratulation [mounted on card] from HMN after seeing the film 'I am impressed at how well you and your colleagues have captured the spirit of LMN in just 14 minutes. It is by far the best film made about LMN to date and I wish you all success with it', 24 April 1990 - HAB-1-133-4
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Work - 509803 - 1990 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Non Fiction
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