Loops

Directed by Norman McLaren · 1940

Abstract shapes pulse and loop to a soundtrack that, like the images, was drawn by hand directly onto the film strip.

A pioneering two-minute experiment where both picture and sound were drawn straight onto film.

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 titles are in eight languages. Rereleased with multilingual titles in 19

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