Menken was an American filmmaker who first worked as a painter but grew bored of its static nature and moved into avant-garde film as a part of the Gryphon Group in the 1940's. Her background in painting influenced her filming style, as evident in her animations, collage and stop-motion work. "Lights" is a silent color film on 16mm, and two-year project finished in '66. Making use of color and abstract movement, akin to scribbles and mark-making is indeed painterly.
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