FIDDLE-DE-DEE

Directed by Norman McLaren · 1947

Colors and patterns painted directly onto film ripple and flicker in time with an old-time fiddle playing Listen to the Mocking Bird.

A three-minute burst of pure visual music from a pioneer of direct-on-film animation.

A film fantasy of dancing music and dancing color. To "Listen to the Mocking Bird" played by an oldtime fiddler, brilliant patterns ripple, flow, flicker and blend. Norman McLaren, painting on film, translates sound into

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