NARCISSUS
Directed by Norman McLaren · Starring Jean-Louis Morin, Sylvie Kinal, Sylvain Lafortune · 1983
Dancers retell the Greek myth of Narcissus, the beautiful youth whose self-love leaves him trapped, through ballet and optical film effects.
Norman McLaren's final masterpiece fuses dance, music and visual trickery.
In this short film by Norman McLaren, dancers enact the Greek tragedy of Narcissus, the beautiful youth whose excessive self-love condemned him to a trapped existence. Skillfully merging film, dance and music, the film i
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