Norman McLaren Filmes

  • 2006
    Out-of-Focus Cloudscape

    Out-of-Focus Cloudscape

    Out-of-Focus Cloudscape

    02006HD

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

    Out-of-Focus Cloudscape
  • 1960
    Test B For Synchromy

    Test B For Synchromy

    Test B For Synchromy

    01960HD

    Test B For Synchromy
  • 1956
    Rythmetic

    Rythmetic

    Rythmetic

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    On a blue background, a series of numbers (1 to 5) begin to appear, forming simple arithmetic equations that create a pattern. Numbers and symbols...

    Rythmetic
  • 2009
    Jacques Drouin: In Relief

    Jacques Drouin: In Relief

    Jacques Drouin: In Relief

    02009HD

    This documentary is a portrait of the animator of Le Paysagiste, from his childhood in Eastern Quebec to his career at the NFB. Trained at the...

    Jacques Drouin: In Relief
  • 2003
    Six and Seven-Eighths

    Six and Seven-Eighths

    Six and Seven-Eighths

    32003HD

    Grant Munro dances to New Orleans jazz music.

    Six and Seven-Eighths
  • 1944
    The Head Test

    The Head Test

    The Head Test

    01944HD

    An unfinished animated short by Norman McLaren.

    The Head Test
  • 1959
    Mail Early for Christmas

    Mail Early for Christmas

    Mail Early for Christmas

    3.61959HD

    In this pre-Christmas reminder to mail early, filmmaker Norman McLaren used an electric vibra-drill to engrave the images on black film, and included...

    Mail Early for Christmas
  • 2006
    Surrealistic Hand Drawing

    Surrealistic Hand Drawing

    Surrealistic Hand Drawing

    02006HD

    Done during war years. Silent film.

    Surrealistic Hand Drawing
  • 1946
    Chants populaires nº 6

    Chants populaires nº 6

    Chants populaires nº 6

    01946HD

    "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...

    Chants populaires nº 6
  • 2006
    The Hypnosis Film

    The Hypnosis Film

    The Hypnosis Film

    02006HD

    1960s. A test using circles. Silent film.

    The Hypnosis Film
  • 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
  • 1946
    Up There in the Mountains

    Up There in the Mountains

    Up There in the Mountains

    61946HD

    In Là-haut sur ces montagnes, Mclaren used for the first time a chain-of-mixes (chiaroscuro) on a pastel-drawn landscape. The idea for such a...

    Up There in the Mountains
  • 1985
    Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short

    Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short

    Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short

    01985HD

    So is this what the kids of today are into? Well, as long as it’s safe.

    Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short
  • 1961
    New York Lightboard

    New York Lightboard

    New York Lightboard

    01961HD

    This short animation of linear symbols made from paper cutouts was created as a Canadian tourism publicity clip. Projected in New York's Times...

    New York Lightboard