Norman McLaren Movies
- 1944
Rock the Boat
Rock the Boat5.61944HD
One of a series of French-Canadian folk songs, this film was illustrated by Norman McLaren for the Chants populaires series. White gouache drawings...
- 1972
Ballet Adagio
Ballet Adagio6.91972HD
A slow-motion study by Norman McLaren of the pas-de-deux adagio, one of the most exacting and difficult dances of classical ballet. A ballet...
- 1941
Boogie-Doodle
Boogie-Doodle5.81941HD
An animation film, made without the use of a camera, in which "boogie" played by Albert Ammons and "doodle" drawn by Norman McLaren combine to make a...
- 1940
Loops
Loops5.91940HD
An experimental film in which both sound and visuals were created entirely by McLaren drawing directly upon the film with ordinary pen and ink. The...
- 1983
Narcissus
Narcissus5.21983HD
In this short film by Norman McLaren, dancers enact the Greek tragedy of Narcissus, the beautiful youth whose excessive self-love condemned him to a...
- 1958
Blackbird
Blackbird5.81958HD
To the tune of a classic French-Canadian nonsense song, surreal blackbird made of lines loses body parts and gets them back threefold.
- 1947
La poulette grise
La poulette grise5.41947HD
An experimental short film of images and music made by Norman McLaren.
- 1973
Pinscreen
Pinscreen6.71973HD
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...
- 1969
Spheres
Spheres5.71969HD
This animated short is a play on motion set against a background of multi-hued sky. Spheres of translucent pearl float weightlessly in the unlimited...
- 1959
Short and Suite
Short and Suite61959HD
A color cocktail by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart, translating into moving patterns of color and light the moods of music written for a jazz...
- 1943
Chants populaires nº 5
Chants populaires nº 551943HD
Russian artist Alexander Alexeieff illustrated the song "Et moi je m'enfouiyais" (En passant) using the pinscreen technique. Norman McLaren...
- 1942
5 for 4
5 for 45.41942HD
This animated short by Norman McLaren serves as a wartime savings campaign. Symbolic figures, drawn directly on 35mm film stock, move and dance...
- 2005
War and Peace
War and Peace02005HD
This documentary short illustrates the thematic role of war in the works of filmmaker Norman McLaren, from his traumatic experiences in the Spanish...
- 1956
Rythmetic
Rythmetic5.11956HD
Rythmetic is a 1956 Canadian short animated film directed by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart where numbers are the main characters.
- 1936
Hell Unltd
Hell Unltd5.71936HD
In this film Norman McLaren uses puppets, diagrams, animation and live-action to present an anti-war message for use by peace organizations.
- 1941
V for Victory
V for Victory51941HD
This animated short by Norman McLaren is a publicity message for a war bond campaign. Symbols, a stick man and lettering are drawn directly on 35mm...
- 1946
A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting
A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting6.21946HD
Taking "Isle of the Dead," a work by the Swiss symbolist painter Arnold Böcklin as his starting point, Norman McLaren creates a deeply...
- 1940
NBC Valentine Greeting
NBC Valentine Greeting51940HD
A play on the theme of hearts. Two hearts cavort, change shape, shoot arrows at one another, give birth, and finally become one heart bearing the...
- 1943
Dollar Dance
Dollar Dance4.71943HD
This wartime publicity trailer by Norman McLaren focuses on wartime inflation and the role of price control. Single-frame animation is used with pen...
- 1964
Canon
Canon61964HD
Perhaps the only film whose content is totally based on the musical form known as canon. The first sequence is a simple demonstration of the canon...