Norman McLaren Movies
- 1965
Mosaic
Mosaic5.21965HD
A man sets a ping-pong ball into motion and it becomes fruitful and multiplies.
- 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...
- 1939
Stars and Stripes
Stars and Stripes5.71939HD
An abstract animation by Norman McLaren, who was born in Scotland in 1914. His interest in filmmaking began early in life after he became acquainted...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 1990
Creative Process: Norman McLaren
Creative Process: Norman McLaren61990HD
Norman McLaren was a cinematic genius who made films without cameras, and music without instruments. He produced sixty films in a stunning range of...
- 1947
Fiddle-de-dee
Fiddle-de-dee4.81947HD
A film fantasy of dancing music and dancing color. Listen to the Mocking Bird played by an oldtime fiddler, brilliant patterns ripple, flow, flicker...
- 1971
Synchromy
Synchromy6.61971HD
The film's soundtrack is an original musical composition produced with synthetic sound - through photographing unusual geometric shapes and running...
- 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...
- 1943
Snakes
Snakes01943HD
Made during WWII
- 2003
Six and Seven-Eighths
Six and Seven-Eighths32003HD
Grant Munro dances to New Orleans jazz music.
- 1951
Pen Point Percussion
Pen Point Percussion61951HD
A documentary showing Norman McLaren working on the hand-drawn sound process he uses for his short film, Loops.
- 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...