Norman McLaren Movies

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1960s. A test using circles. Silent film.

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

Done during war years. Silent film.

Featuring a voiceover. 1944 test inspired by surrealist painter Yves Tanguy, an improvised moving growing landscape in a surrealistic manner.

The fifth thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren; this time with a focus on his collaborator Evelyn Lambart.

This 1967 footage shows McLaren at a computer with Evelyn Lambart, Rene Pardo and two other technicians, followed by the animation test some call...

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

The fourth thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

Unfinished animated film, 1940s. Silent film.

In 1966, McLaren began a metamorphic film in which he explored the light and colour of Canada in this unfinished film.

Compilation of McLaren's Blurr technique.

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

A compilation of various tests, techniques and experiments compiled from the 1940s - 1950s. Silent film.

The third thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

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

The second thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

The first 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...

This cinematic travelogue consists of three parts. In the first part, texts and small maps are our guides through Madrid in 1936. We see pictures of...