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Loan Terms:: Circulating
Status:: IN

LD348: World of Norman McLaren, The
: McLaren, Norman; Lambart, Evelyn; Munro, Grant

Description:: laserdisc. viewing copy. 1 videodisc of 1.
color and b/w. fullscreen. sound.
Notes:: Sound. Includes: MESSAGE FROM NORMAN MCLAREN [excerpt] (1983, b&w, 1 min. excerpt); HEN HOP (1942, color, 4 min.); C’EST L’AVIRON (1944, b&w, 3 min.); BEGONE DULL CARE (1949, color, 8 min.); BLINKITY BLANK (1955, color, 5 min.); NEIGHBOURS (1952, color, 8 min.); DOTS (1940, color, 2 min.); MAIL EARLY FOR CHRISTMAS (1959, color, 1 min.); LINES-HORIZONTAL (1962, color, 6 min.); CANON (1964, color, 9 min.); MOSAIC (1965, color, 5 min.); SYNCHROMY (1971, color, 7 min.). Includes a gallery of 79 stills of McLaren’s life and work.
Alternate Title:: Holland Animation [excerpt]; McLaren on McLaren [excerpt]
Director:: Munro, Grant
Production Co:: National Film Board of Canada
Running Time:: Short. 1 minutes
Sound:: sound
Color:: color
Country:: Canada
Year:: 1983
Language:: English
Genre:: Documentary
Director:: McLaren, Norman
Production Co:: National Film Board of Canada
Running Time:: Short. 4 minutes
Sound:: sound
Color:: color
Country:: Canada
Year:: 1942
Genre:: Animation
Link to:: FII catalog |
Alternate Title:: Chants Populaires [No. 5]; C’est L’Aviron Qui Nous Mène
Director:: McLaren, Norman
Production Co:: National Film Board of Canada
Running Time:: Short. 3 minutes
Sound:: sound
Color:: b/w
Country:: Canada
Year:: 1944
Language:: French
Genre:: Animation
Notes:: 'C'est l'aviron Qui Nous Mène, Qui Nous Mène'', sung by the Alouette Quartette.
Link to:: FII catalog |
Alternate Title:: Caprice en Couleurs; Fantasia en Colores; Capriccio a Colori; Trübsal Ade!
Director:: McLaren, Norman; Lambart, Evelyn
Production Co:: National Film Board of Canada
Running Time:: Short. 8 minutes
Sound:: sound
Color:: color
Country:: Canada
Year:: 1949
Genre:: Animation, Experimental / Avant Garde, Female Directors
Notes:: A visual interpretation of the jazz music of the Oscar Peterson Trio, represented in a series of abstract lines and shapes, hand painted directly onto the film.
Link to:: FII catalog |
Director:: McLaren, Norman
Production Co:: National Film Board of Canada
Running Time:: Short. 5 minutes
Sound:: sound
Color:: color
Country:: Canada
Year:: 1955
Genre:: Animation, Experimental / Avant Garde
Notes:: Semi-abstract designs are engraved directly on to a strip of black film, leaving many blank frames between the images.
Link to:: FII catalog |
Alternate Title:: Les Voisins
Director:: Munro, Grant; McLaren, Norman; Ladouceur, Jean Paul; Koenig, Wolf; Daprato, Clarke
Production Co:: National Film Board of Canada
Running Time:: Short. 8 minutes
Sound:: sound
Color:: color
Country:: Canada
Year:: 1952
Genre:: Animation, Experimental / Avant Garde
Notes:: Parable about war. Two neighbours quarrel over a flower on the boundary line, which leads to fighting between the families.
Link to:: FII catalog |
Alternate Title:: Points
Director:: McLaren, Norman
Production Co:: National Film Board of Canada
Running Time:: Short. 2 minutes
Sound:: sound
Color:: color
Country:: Canada
Year:: 1940
Genre:: Animation
Notes:: Drawn directly on film, using inks and colour dyes applied by various kinds of pen.
Link to:: FII catalog |
Director:: McLaren, Norman
Production Co:: National Film Board of Canada
Running Time:: Short. 1 minutes
Sound:: sound
Color:: color
Country:: Canada
Year:: 1959
Language:: English
Genre:: Animation
Notes:: Abstract film, suggesting that one should mail early for Christmas.
Link to:: FII catalog |
Alternate Title:: Lignes Horizontales
Director:: McLaren, Norman; Lambart, Evelyn
Production Co:: National Film Board of Canada
Running Time:: Short. 6 minutes
Sound:: sound
Color:: color
Country:: Canada
Year:: 1962
Genre:: Animation, Female Directors
Notes:: Horizontal lines drawn directly onto film against a background of changing colours. Credits in both French and English.
Link to:: FII catalog |
Director:: McLaren, Norman; Munro, Grant
Production Co:: National Film Board of Canada
Running Time:: Short. 9 minutes
Sound:: sound
Color:: color
Country:: Canada
Year:: 1963
Genre:: Animation, Educational
Link to:: FII catalog |
Alternate Title:: Mosaïque
Director:: McLaren, Norman; Lambart, Evelyn
Production Co:: National Film Board of Canada
Running Time:: Short. 5 minutes
Sound:: sound
Color:: color
Country:: Canada
Year:: 1965
Genre:: Animation, Female Directors
Notes:: A single tiny square divides, eventually forming a colourful mosaic to the animators' musical orchestration. Credits in both French and English.
Link to:: FII catalog |
Alternate Title:: Synchromie
Director:: McLaren, Norman
Production Co:: National Film Board of Canada
Running Time:: Short. 7 minutes
Sound:: sound
Color:: color
Country:: Canada
Year:: 1971
Genre:: Animation, Experimental / Avant Garde
Link to:: FII catalog |

World of Norman McLaren, The

McLaren, Norman; Lambart, Evelyn; Munro, Grant

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