Norman McLaren Movies

A documentary showing Norman McLaren working on the hand-drawn sound process he uses for his short film, Loops.

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Grant Munro dances to New Orleans jazz music.

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...

An unfinished animated short by Norman McLaren.

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...

This animated short from Norman McLaren features a human skull cautioning Canadians to “keep their mouths shut” in an effort to end...

A man sets a ping-pong ball into motion and it becomes fruitful and multiplies.

Montage and animation in two Acts: the preparation for the Glasgow Arts School Ball; and the ball itself.

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...

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...

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...

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

A film fantasy of dancing music and dancing color. Listen to the Mocking Bird played by an oldtime fiddler, brilliant patterns ripple, flow, flicker...

Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.

An experiment in pure design by film artists Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart. Lines, ruled directly on film, move with precision and grace against...

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren and collaborator Evelyn Lambart.

In this early film Norman McLaren shot crystal formations through a low-power microscope, using polarized light with the lower part of the picture...

Experimental film showing a day's activities at the Glasgow College of Art.

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...