Rhapsody of Steel

January 15, 2008 9:09 AM

Scans from a storybook adaptation of John Sutherland's 1959 animated film Rhapsody of Steel.
posted by Brandon Blatcher (7 comments total)

Love those scans. ooh. Wonderful visuals. This one is so mid-century. Rhapsody of Steel is such an Industrial Revolution fantasy music idea, a Fantasia for steel manufacturing. I like the Artzybasheff's Machinalia too.
posted by nickyskye at 10:02 AM on January 15, 2008

Huh, the middle image here is the soon to be demolished Civic (Mellon) Arena. It wasn't actually built until a few years after this film was made but they must of had the plans already.
posted by octothorpe at 10:08 AM on January 15, 2008

Filthy capitalist propaganda.
posted by Henry C. Mabuse at 11:34 AM on January 15, 2008

These are really beautiful. Thanks for posting this.
posted by oneirodynia at 11:50 AM on January 15, 2008

I'd highly recommend the podcast in the second link, it really puts these sorts of films in perspective. They were definitely a product of their time.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 11:52 AM on January 15, 2008

Those are some good looking images.
posted by anazgnos at 2:34 PM on January 15, 2008

Wow, those are some really striking images. Fantastic colours.
posted by dazed_one at 4:23 PM on January 15, 2008