Norman McLaren Movies

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An hand drawn animation merged from two originally separate films. (The films were originally drawn in 1940)

An animated victory bond message with the advice, "Don't cash in your bonds."

Unfinished animated film, 1940s. Silent film.

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

Compilation of McLaren's Blurr technique.

Images supered on a revolving barrel.

An attempt to animate an abstract Charlie Chaplin-esque figure.

This uncompleted film uses a technique invented by McLaren in the 1930s; the travelling zoom. McLaren's intention was to make the corridor gradually...

An idea for backgrounds never used, late 1940s. Silent film.

This 1967 footage shows McLaren at a computer with Evelyn Lambart, Rene Pardo and two other technicians, followed by the animation test some call...

"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...

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1960s. A test using circles. Silent film.

Mixes with still images, 1940s. A large collection of McLaren's surrealist illustrations. Silent film.

Done during war years. Silent film.

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

In 1966, McLaren began a metamorphic film in which he explored the light and colour of Canada in this unfinished film.

A compilation of various tests, techniques and experiments compiled from the 1940s - 1950s. Silent film.