Wax Experiments

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Wax Experiments

1927

0h 6m

6.8(12 votes)

Animation

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For the production of this film, Oskar Fischinger tinted various layers of hot wax. After cooling, the resulting lump of wax resembled a marble cake. Fischinger then began to cut off slices from the lump, photographing each step.

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