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Information
- Year
- 1952
- Runtime
- 8 min.
- Director
- Norman McLaren
- Genres
- Animation, Comedy, Short
- Rating *
- 7.9
- Votes *
- 2,041
- Checks
- 1,749
- Favs
- 182
- Dislikes
- 14
- Favs/checks
- 10.4% (1:10)
- Favs/dislikes
- 13:1
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punjab551
Pac-Man references aside, I really thought the sound was astounding. From the wiki: "McLaren created the soundtrack of the film by scratching the edge of the film, creating various blobs, lines, and triangles which the projector read as sound."
Perhaps I haven't explored enough experimental film, but I haven't really been introduced to that technique before. McLaren created an impressive soundtrack with no instruments; how cool is that? 12 years 6 months ago -
moontopmountain
What a wonderful short! Very inspirational for filmmaking, the sound was charming too.
Watching this i couldn't help thinking it's a shame that decades after and with more technology, places like Youtube never really lived up to producing lots more of this sort of creativity. 10 years 1 month ago
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This movie ranks #11 in Annecy Festival's 100 Films for a Century of Animation
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This movie ranks #40 in TIFF's Top Canadian Films
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This movie ranks #87 in iCheckMovies's 1950s Top 100
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This movie ranks #128 in TSPDT's Brief Encounters
TSPDT's Brief Encounters
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This movie ranks #185 in Mark Cousins's The Story of Film: An Odyssey
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