TÖNENDES ABC / ABC IN SOUND

by László MOHOLY-NAGY
1933 / b&w / sound / 1S / 1' 55

Missing for over 80 years, this experimental film by Bauhaus teacher and artist László Moholy-Nagy was found by BFI curators embedded in a reel of film that also contained Oskar Fischinger's EARLY EXPERIMENTS IN HAND DRAWN SOUND.
László Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) was a tenacious, restless creative who associated with various early twentieth century vanguard art movements. His early optical sound films experimented with the formal properties of film and blurred the lines between sound and image and the act of hearing and seeing sound.

2 PRINTS IN DISTRIBUTION


distribution format Digital file on server (FHD)
screen 16/9 (single screen)
speed 24 fps
sound sound
rental fee 26,00 €

distribution format 16mm
screen 1,37 - Standard (single screen)
speed 24 fps
sound optical sound
rental fee 17,00 €