A spritely abstract film visually interpreting Shoshtakovich's polkas from the 'Age of Gold' ballet suite. 'At first glance, the Bute pictures seem like an echo of the ex-German pioneer Oskar Fischinger - one of the first to experiment with the problems of abstract motion and sound. Actually, they were variations on Fischinger's method, but less rigid in their patterns and choice of objects, more tactile in their forms, more sensuous in their use of light and color rhythms, more concerned with the problems of deep space, more concerned with music complementing rather than corresponding with their visuals. Strangely beautiful in pictorial effects and with surprisingly rhythmic patterns, the Bute 'visual symphonies' often include as well elements of theatrical power such as comedy, suspense, pathos, and drama in the action of the objects which lifted them above the usual abstract films and made them engrossing experiments in a new experience.' - Lewis Jacobs "Experiment in the Film"
[Source: Creative Film Society Catalog, 1975]