The Magic Machines
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The Magic Machines

1969Movie15 min1 award

Documentary
64
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb6.0
64
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb6.0

Summary

The Magic Machines is a 1969 American short documentary film directed by Bob Curtis about kinetic artist Robert Gilbert, a young hippie sculptor who makes bright-colored, motor-driven machines from metal trash and spare parts.

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Flyaway Shotin 117 titlesOne staged scene shows a little boy, alone in a parking lot, enjoying a sculpture Gilbert calls a "toy", which involves rolling a metal ball around all the twisted piping.Police Brutalityin 742 titlesGilbert created an animated sculpture of a policeman hitting a flower with a baton, a sculpture that Gilbert says was inspired by the 1967 Century City demonstration.All 9 tropes

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