Norman McLaren Movies
- 1968
Pas de Deux
Pas de Deux6.51968HD
Two ballet dancers perform a dance enhanced with surreal after-image visuals.
- 1952
Neighbours
Neighbours7.51952HD
In this Oscar-winning short film, Norman McLaren employs the principles normally used to put drawings or puppets into motion to animate live actors....
- 1949
Begone Dull Care
Begone Dull Care6.71949HD
In this extraordinary short animation, Evelyn Lambart and Norman McLaren painted colours, shapes, and transformations directly onto their filmstrip....
- 1957
A Chairy Tale
A Chairy Tale6.71957HD
An ordinary looking chair refuses to be sat upon.
- 1955
Blinkity Blank
Blinkity Blank6.21955HD
A playful exercise in intermittent animation and spasmodic imagery. Playing with the laws relating to persistence of vision and after-image on the...
- 1952
A Phantasy
A Phantasy6.11952HD
An animated film drawn entirely in pastels. Various fantastical plant-like things "grow" from the ground, eventually launching five spheres. The...
- 2024
Daedalus
Daedalus102024HD
"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...
- 1940
Dots
Dots61940HD
An experimental film in which both sound and visuals were created entirely by Norman McLaren drawing directly upon the film with ordinary pen and...
- 1940
Spook Sport
Spook Sport5.91940HD
It's midnight in a graveyard. The principal characters are spooks, ghosts, bats, bells, and, at the end, the sun. As midnight strikes, 12 spooks...
- 1939
Stars and Stripes
Stars and Stripes5.71939HD
An abstract animation by Norman McLaren, who was born in Scotland in 1914. His interest in filmmaking began early in life after he became acquainted...
- 1962
Lines: Horizontal
Lines: Horizontal6.11962HD
An experiment in pure design by film artists Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart. Lines, ruled directly on film, move with precision and grace against...
- 1965
Mosaic
Mosaic5.21965HD
A man sets a ping-pong ball into motion and it becomes fruitful and multiplies.
- 1944
Keep Your Mouth Shut
Keep Your Mouth Shut5.91944HD
This animated short from Norman McLaren features a human skull cautioning Canadians to “keep their mouths shut” in an effort to end...
- 1938
Mony a Pickle
Mony a Pickle3.51938HD
Documentary on savings
- 1971
Synchromy
Synchromy6.61971HD
The film's soundtrack is an original musical composition produced with synthetic sound - through photographing unusual geometric shapes and running...
- 1939
Scherzo
Scherzo6.21939HD
Norman McLaren made Scherzo early after his arrival in North America in 1939, but the film was subsequently lost. In 1984 the original materials were...
- 1942
Hen Hop
Hen Hop61942HD
This joyful short animation features a dancing hen that transforms into an egg. The film was made without a camera by Norman McLaren, who drew...
- 1963
Christmas Cracker
Christmas Cracker61963HD
Three separate sequences related to Christmas, animated in different styles: cutout animation of children dancing in the snow to "Jingle Bells,"...
- 1961
Opening Speech
Opening Speech6.71961HD
Norman McLaren attempts to give the opening speech for the first Montreal International Film Festival, but his microphone won't cooperate.
- 1960
Lines: Vertical
Lines: Vertical5.21960HD
An experiment in pure design by film artists Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart. Lines, ruled directly on film, move with precision and grace against...