One of Grant’s most interesting and important films is Color Sequence (1943), which consists solely of pure solid-color frames that fade, mutate, and flicker. He created the film as a study of color rhythms and perceptual phenomena. Although it now appears not only visually striking but also as a precursor to the work of younger filmmakers such as Paul Sharits, Grant himself found the film too unsettling upon its initial screening (cf. the Film Exercises), and it received little further exposure until the 1970s.
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