Norman McLaren Movies

In this fifth part, Norman McLaren deals not with motion (if motion is defined as a change of location in two- or three-dimensional space) but with...

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren.

The second thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

This documentary short illustrates the thematic role of war in the works of filmmaker Norman McLaren, from his traumatic experiences in the Spanish...

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

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...

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

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

Unfinished animated film, 1940s. Silent film.

The career of Scots-Canadian animation innovator, Norman McLaren.

A compilation of seven shorts made for the National Film Board of Canada. Features the NFBC shorts, "Nahanni," "Le Merle," "A Chairy Tale," "The Cars...

"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...

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

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

Images supered on a revolving barrel.

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

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1960s. A test using circles. Silent film.

Done during war years. Silent film.