Norman McLaren Movies

  • 2006
    Painting with Light

    Painting with Light

    Painting with Light

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    The third thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

    Painting with Light
  • 2006
    Blurr Test

    Blurr Test

    Blurr Test

    02006HD

    Compilation of McLaren's Blurr technique.

    Blurr Test
  • 2006
    Beginnings

    Beginnings

    Beginnings

    02006HD

    The first thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

    Beginnings
  • 2006
    McLaren and Space

    McLaren and Space

    McLaren and Space

    02006HD

    The second thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

    McLaren and Space
  • 2006
    The Art of Motion

    The Art of Motion

    The Art of Motion

    02006HD

    The fourth thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

    The Art of Motion
  • 2006
    Tanguy Landscape Test

    Tanguy Landscape Test

    Tanguy Landscape Test

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    Featuring a voiceover. 1944 test inspired by surrealist painter Yves Tanguy, an improvised moving growing landscape in a surrealistic manner.

    Tanguy Landscape Test
  • 2006
    Birdlings

    Birdlings

    Birdlings

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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 Bird...

    Birdlings
  • 2006
    Evelyn Lambart

    Evelyn Lambart

    Evelyn Lambart

    02006HD

    The fifth thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren; this time with a focus on his collaborator Evelyn Lambart.

    Evelyn Lambart
  • 1990
    Creative Process: Norman McLaren

    Creative Process: Norman McLaren

    Creative Process: Norman McLaren

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    Norman McLaren was a cinematic genius who made films without cameras, and music without instruments. He produced sixty films in a stunning range of st...

    Creative Process: Norman McLaren
  • 1961
    New York Lightboard Record

    New York Lightboard Record

    New York Lightboard Record

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    New Yorkers watch as Norman McLaren's animated promotional film for Canadian tourism plays on the giant pixelboard overlooking Times Square. The capti...

    New York Lightboard Record
  • 1961
    Opening Speech

    Opening Speech

    Opening Speech

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    Norman McLaren attempts to give the opening speech for the first Montreal International Film Festival, but his microphone won't cooperate.

    Opening Speech
  • 2005
    War and Peace

    War and Peace

    War and Peace

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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 Ci...

    War and Peace
  • 1951
    Pen Point Percussion

    Pen Point Percussion

    Pen Point Percussion

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    A documentary showing Norman McLaren working on the hand-drawn sound process he uses for his short film, Loops.

    Pen Point Percussion
  • 1973
    Pinscreen

    Pinscreen

    Pinscreen

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    Pinscreen animation makes use of a screen filled with movable pins, which can be moved in or out by pressing an object onto the screen. The screen is...

    Pinscreen
  • 1983
    McLaren on McLaren

    McLaren on McLaren

    McLaren on McLaren

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    An opening address, a tribute and highlights of a long and productive career--McLaren on McLaren is Norman McLaren on camera. The occasion is the open...

    McLaren on McLaren
  • 1970
    The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees

    The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees

    The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees

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    The career of Scots-Canadian animation innovator, Norman McLaren.

    The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees
  • 2024
    Daedalus

    Daedalus

    Daedalus

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    "Fly too high and you will burn, go too low and you won't breathe." Daedalus weaves a tale of ambition and caution through an ancient myth, set in a n...

    Daedalus
  • 1972
    Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren

    Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren

    Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren

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    Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren
  • 1965
    Mosaic

    Mosaic

    Mosaic

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    A man sets a ping-pong ball into motion and it becomes fruitful and multiplies.

    Mosaic
  • 2003
    On the Farm

    On the Farm

    On the Farm

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    Stop-motion, pixillation and other trick photography methods are used to depict situations on a farm.

    On the Farm