Hans Richter

Reading through the Cubists and Film section of chapter 4 in the film history text I decided to do some digging of my own. I found reading about implementing art into film very interesting and wanted to look up some of the work of a film maker mentioned in this section.

I chose Hans Richter mainly because he was the first name in the section. Can you blame me? Didn't think so. Well I'm glad I picked him because I came across two interesting films that he created. The first one I watched was Rhythm 21 which was mentioned in the book. I watched a short clip that I found on YouTube and what I watched I really cannot explain. It was a movie exploring different shapes and movements of these shapes with no sound or narration. It was pretty much just a video canvas for Hans's artwork but as much as it was weird it was actually really interesting. This was one of the first steps into animation and the next movie I screened of his was another step.

The next movie I screened of his was "Dreams Money Can Buy". Even though I was kind of lost with the plot you can get the gist of the movie out of its title. The part I liked the most about this movie was when three dimensional figurines were shot and meant to look like a "dream". I feel like this could have been a big step towards animation and it was actually really creepy the kind of shapes and figurines used in these scenes. I really enjoyed looking up Hans Richter and some of his work, so encourage you to go off the beaten path on Blackboard and look up a filmmaker that nobody has mentioned.

Oh, and check out Hans and his work on YouTube.