BLINKITY BLANK

Directed by Norman McLaren · 1955

Images engraved directly onto blank film flash and vanish in rhythmic bursts, playing with persistence of vision and afterimages.

A landmark of hand-made experimental animation from Norman McLaren, still startlingly fresh.

This experimental short film by Norman McLaren is a playful exercise in intermittent animation and spasmodic imagery. Playing with the laws relating to persistence of vision and after-image on the retina of the eye, McLa

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