Kraftwerk – Autobahn (1979) Animation by Roger Mainwood
This is a rare 1979 animated video, by Roger Mainwood, for the Kraftwerk classic Autobahn . You can read an interview with Mainwood at Kraftwerkonline, he taks about the making of this film, his inspirations and about Kraftwerk as well: – … No I never made contact with Kraftwerk, and they had no input into the film images themselves. John Halas got the commission from Kraftwerk’s record company, and it was deliberately experimental in nature and designed to be released on one of the first ever laser discs. Unfortunately the laser disc technology never took off. The film was entered into various film festivals around the world and won a few prizes, but it never got a commercial release in cinemas but was shown on the TV a bit in the UK and I presume in Germany too. I have no idea what Kraftwerk think about it or whether they have even ever seen it. -
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