BEGONE DULL CARE

Directed by Evelyn Lambart, Norman McLaren · 1950

Colours, lines and shapes painted directly onto the filmstrip dance in sync with jazz played by the Oscar Peterson Trio.

A landmark of abstract animation, pure visual jazz painted by hand straight onto film.

In this extraordinary short animation, Evelyn Lambart and Norman McLaren painted colours, shapes, and transformations directly on to their filmstrip. The result is a vivid interpretation, in fluid lines and colour, of ja

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