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Rythmetic

5,4 /10 (14 Votes)
1956 EN 9 min

Overview

On a blue background, a series of numbers (1 to 5) begin to appear, forming simple arithmetic equations that create a pattern. Numbers and symbols move as the pattern grows, to a soundtrack of simple beats.

Release date

19/01/1956

Votes

14

Popularity

0.5

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

9 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2024-02-16

⭐ 6

This latest animation from Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart takes letters and shows how, with the slightest of alteration, they are transformed into numbers and it goes on to illustrate just how easily we can make words, numerals and equations from essentially the same symbols. It also quite entertainingly demonstrates the concepts of (sometimes a little agitated) arithmetical symmetry too, and creates quite a clever closing page that just about adds up! It's a simple, but a remarkably addictive eight minutes that does challenge your brain a little.

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