2006年法国安锡（Annecy）国际动画电影节上，本片被评为“动画的世纪•100部作品”第41名。 　　伴着强劲有力的鼓点节奏，抽象的白色线条开始在银幕上舞动，恰如一首黑暗中的幻想曲。

In this powerful abstract film with a soundtrack of African drum music, Lye scratched "white ziggle-zag-splutter scratches" on to black leader, using a variety of tools from saw teeth to arrow heads. The first version of the film won a major award at the International Experimental Film Festival Held in Brussels in 1958 in association with the World's Fair. Stan Brakhage described the film as "an almost unbelievably immense masterpiece".

Iniciado em 1958 e concluído em 1979, Len Lye criou este curta animado em preto e branco desenhando diretamente no rolo de filme. As “figuras em movimento” resultantes dançam ao som da música da tribo africana Baguirmi.