Charles Csuri and James Schaffer's piece Hummingbird was one of the first films to include non-abstract figures. However, there is a level of abstraction as the hummingbird is fragmented and abstracted. Even though it is being fragmented, it looks as if the hummingbird is in flight and is flying. This puts the piece in an in between position of non-abstract form and abstract, because the images could be looked at as the hummingbird flying that can be seem in real life. On the other hand the hummingbird is fragmented quite a bit in the film (that I could see at least).
Shanken, page 80.
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