Peyote Queen (1965)

Ough… this really is a land of contrasts. At its worst, it feels like a rip-off of Len Lye's earlier direct-on-film animation, but without the blend of consistency and chaos that make Lye's work feel abstract but interpretable as opposed to just an amorphous mess. At its best, it represents a revolution on Lye's work—vivid, metamorphic iconography mixed with psychedelia that repurposes existing film into something new through a woman examining herself through the kaleidoscope.