Rhythmus 21
{{short description|1921 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| director = Hans Richter
| released = {{Film date|1921}}
| runtime = 3 minutes
| country = Germany
| language = Silent
}}
Rhythmus 21 is a 1921 German absolute film directed by Hans Richter. Rhythmus 21 was made in black and white, and spans for approximately 3 minutes.{{cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/42339457|title=Hans Richter - Film Ist Rhythm: Rhythmus 21 (c1921)|website=Vimeo}}{{dead link|date=September 2022}} The film is the first installment of Richter's Film Ist Rhythm series and is considered, by experts, an early and influential film to the abstract film movement. Many absolute films were described as a mixture of art, film, and music because they present on the screen many musical elements such as dynamics, rhythm, and motion.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eR-H75ZxHnUC&q=absolute+film+rhythmus&pg=PA153|title=The Many Faces of Weimar Cinema: Rediscovering Germany's Filmic Legacy|first=Christian|last=Rogowski|date=12 December 2018|publisher=Camden House|isbn=9781571134295|via=Google Books}} The films in this series get their name from their visual rhythmic element that closely resembles music.{{cite web|url=https://www.econtact.ca/15_4/mcdonnell_visualmusic.html|title=CEC — eContact! 15.4 — Visual Music by Maura McDonnell|first=Maura|last=McDonnell|website=CEC - Canadian Electroacoustic Community}}
Production
Hans Richter finished his first film Rhythmus 21 (a.k.a. Film ist Rhythmus) in 1921, but kept changing elements until he first presented the work on 7 July 1923 in Paris at the dadaist Soirée du coeur à barbe program in Théâtre Michel. It was an abstract animation of rectangular shapes, partly inspired by his connections with De Stijl. Founder Theo van Doesburg had visited Richter and Eggeling in December 1920 and reported on their film works in his magazine De Stijl in May and July 1921.
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External links
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- {{cite AV media |last=Richter |first=Hans |date=August 21, 2020 |title=Rhythmus 21 (1921) {{!}} MoMA FILM VAULT SUMMER CAMP |trans-title= |medium=YouTube video |language= |access-date= |archive-url= |archive-date= |format=|time= |location=New York |publisher=The Museum of Modern Art |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=239pHUy0FGc |ref=none }}
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Category:Films directed by Hans Richter
Category:1921 animated short films
Category:1921 directorial debut films
Category:1920s avant-garde and experimental films
Category:German silent short films
Category:German black-and-white films
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