Movies: Norman McLaren
- 2005
War and Peace (2005)
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This documentary short illustrates the thematic role of war in the works of filmmaker Norman McLaren, from his traumatic experiences in the Spanish Civil War to the Korean conflict, which inspired him to make Neighbours....
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- 1963
Seven Surprizes (1963)
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A compilation of seven shorts made for the National Film Board of Canada. Features the NFBC shorts, "Nahanni," "Le Merle," "A Chairy Tale," "The Cars in Your Life," "Corral," "Wrestling," and "Neighbors."...
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- 2006
Little Negro (2006)
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Unfinished animated film, 1940s. Silent film....
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- 1943
Snakes (1943)
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Made during WWII...
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- 2006
Chaplin Test (2006)
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An attempt to animate an abstract Charlie Chaplin-esque figure....
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- 1946
Chants populaires nº 6 (1946)
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"Là-haut sur ces montagnes" sung by Madeleine Lachance is illustrated with drawings and in "C'est l'aviron" a boat sails to the rhythm of the melody in a nostalgic and distant landscape....
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- 1944
A Rainy Day (1944)
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An animated victory bond message with the advice, "Don't cash in your bonds."...
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- 1960
Test B For Synchromy (1960)
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- 1960
Test A for Synchromy (1960)
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- 2006
The Hypnosis Film (2006)
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1960s. A test using circles. Silent film....
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- 2006
Pen Drawings (2006)
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Mixes with still images, 1940s. A large collection of McLaren's surrealist illustrations. Silent film....
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- 2006
Surrealistic Hand Drawing (2006)
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Done during war years. Silent film....
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- 2006
Tanguy Landscape Test (2006)
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Featuring a voiceover. 1944 test inspired by surrealist painter Yves Tanguy, an improvised moving growing landscape in a surrealistic manner....
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- 2006
Birdlings (2006)
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This 1967 footage shows McLaren at a computer with Evelyn Lambart, Rene Pardo and two other technicians, followed by the animation test some call Birdlings. McLaren found computers still too primitive for his needs and continued to explored the optic...
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- 2006
The Seasons (2006)
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In 1966, McLaren began a metamorphic film in which he explored the light and colour of Canada in this unfinished film....
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- 2006
Blurr Test (2006)
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Compilation of McLaren's Blurr technique....
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- 2006
Out-of-Focus Cloudscape (2006)
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An idea for backgrounds never used, late 1940s. Silent film....
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- 2006
McLaren at Play (2006)
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A compilation of various tests, techniques and experiments compiled from the 1940s - 1950s. Silent film....
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- 2006
Painting with Light (2006)
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The third thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren....
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- 1950
The Corridor (1950)
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This uncompleted film uses a technique invented by McLaren in the 1930s; the travelling zoom. McLaren's intention was to make the corridor gradually disappear so that the viewer's initial imprisonment would give way to the freedom of infinite space....
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