The Magic Machines

Name: The Magic Machines
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1969-01-01
Duration: 15 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Robert Gilbert

The Magic Machines

Produced by:

Fly-By-Night Productions

Released on: Wednesday, January 1, 1969

Runtime: 15 minutes

Genre:

Documentary

Directed by: Bob Curtis

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Overview

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. It won an Oscar at the 42nd Academy Awards in 1970 for Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film and was nominated for Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.

Review (1)

CinemaSerf (Rated: 6)
Sculptor Robert Gilbert narrates his own story as he trawls the scrapyard looking for his own pieces of abandoned engineering so that he can design and build some pretty innovative contraptions. He's based in the desert, and it's astonishing not just what he and his scrap-merchant pal manage to accr...