Norman McLaren Movies
- 1944
Keep Your Mouth Shut
Keep Your Mouth Shut5.91944HD
This animated short from Norman McLaren features a human skull cautioning Canadians to “keep their mouths shut” in an effort to end...
- 1937
News for the Navy
News for the Navy5.31937HD
Norman McLaren's documentary-style account of how a letter from home reaches a sailor on duty in foreign waters.
- 1940
Dots
Dots5.9631940HD
An experimental film in which both sound and visuals were created entirely by Norman McLaren drawing directly upon the film with ordinary pen and...
- 1977
Animated Motion: Part 4
Animated Motion: Part 451977HD
In this fourth film, Norman McLaren explains and illustrates composite motion, where two of the categories of motion occur simultaneously in one...
- 1935
Polychrome Fantasy
Polychrome Fantasy5.1431935HD
In this early film Norman McLaren shot crystal formations through a low-power microscope, using polarized light with the lower part of the picture...
- 1936
Hell Unltd
Hell Unltd5.71936HD
In this film Norman McLaren uses puppets, diagrams, animation and live-action to present an anti-war message for use by peace organizations.
- 1939
Scherzo
Scherzo6.21939HD
Norman McLaren made Scherzo early after his arrival in North America in 1939, but the film was subsequently lost. In 1984 the original materials were...
- 1971
Synchromy
Synchromy6.61971HD
The film's soundtrack is an original musical composition produced with synthetic sound - through photographing unusual geometric shapes and running...
- 1956
Rythmetic
Rythmetic5.11956HD
Rythmetic is a 1956 Canadian short animated film directed by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart where numbers are the main characters.
- 1946
Chants populaires nº 6
Chants populaires nº 601946HD
"Là-haut sur ces montagnes" sung by Madeleine Lachance is illustrated with drawings and in "C'est l'aviron" a boat sails to the rhythm of the...
- 1964
Canon
Canon61964HD
Perhaps the only film whose content is totally based on the musical form known as canon. The first sequence is a simple demonstration of the canon...
- 1940
Spook Sport
Spook Sport5.811940HD
It's midnight in a graveyard. The principal characters are spooks, ghosts, bats, bells, and, at the end, the sun. As midnight strikes, 12 spooks...
- 1942
Hen Hop
Hen Hop61942HD
This joyful short animation features a dancing hen that transforms into an egg. The film was made without a camera by Norman McLaren, who drew...
- 1978
Animated Motion: Part 5
Animated Motion: Part 55.251978HD
In this fifth part, Norman McLaren deals not with motion (if motion is defined as a change of location in two- or three-dimensional space) but with...
- 1940
Loops
Loops5.91940HD
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...
- 1944
Rock the Boat
Rock the Boat5.61944HD
One of a series of French-Canadian folk songs, this film was illustrated by Norman McLaren for the Chants populaires series. White gouache drawings...
- 1972
Ballet Adagio
Ballet Adagio6.8891972HD
A slow-motion study by Norman McLaren of the pas-de-deux adagio, one of the most exacting and difficult dances of classical ballet. A ballet...
- 2003
On the Farm
On the Farm62003HD
Stop-motion, pixillation and other trick photography methods are used to depict situations on a farm.
- 1939
The Obedient Flame
The Obedient Flame4.71939HD
Advertising cartoon showing advantages of using gas supply and gas cookers.
- 1959
Short and Suite
Short and Suite61959HD
A color cocktail by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart, translating into moving patterns of color and light the moods of music written for a jazz...