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The Exploding Version of the Blue Danube
SKETCH-O-VISION
A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.
The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
An orchestra performs The Blue Danube in a field. As the familiar waltz continues, carefully timed blasts turn the musicians into a rapidly diminishing ensemble.
Behind the scenes
The people who made it.
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
The musicians are photographic cutouts operated with wires, as visual-effects assistant Peter Logan recalled in a production interview.
The rabbit hole continues
One more couldn’t hurt.
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