I will not deny that it probably took a lot of effort to make "Symphonie diagonale", but the outcome is still a boring watch. Do not be fooled by the french title or the Swedish director, but this is a German film. Eggeling lived in Germany at this point and died a year later. This is probably also the reason why he did not make any other films as he was fairly prolific in other areas of art. This is silent and black-and-white as it was usual for that era, but I must say this is not on par with what Richter and Ruttmann did at this point. And apart from that, it is far far away from the works of some of the finest silent film actors that came out around this time as well, even a couple years earlier. Animation was clearly nit at its best yet at this point, but it developed quickly. I do not recommend "Symphonie diagonale". Nothing memorable to see here.
Review of Diagonal Symphony
