Eaux d'Artifice (1953)

Genres - Avant-garde / Experimental  |   Run Time - 12 min.  |   Countries - Italy, United States  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by David Lewis

Set to the "Winter" concerto in Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, Eaux d'Artifice focuses on columns of water jets from the Tivoli Fountains and features a mysterious, masked woman, "the Water Witch," darting in and out of the scenes. Although the film was shot in black-and-white, it was printed through a cyan filter to give the artificial appearance of being filmed at night. The fan held by the the Water Witch is hand-painted lime green, and the witch itself is played by a midget in order to give a false sense of scale.

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High Historical Importance