Norman McLaren — Director (15)
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Keep Your Mouth Shut (1944) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Keep Your Mouth Shut
director: Norman McLaren
This animated short from Norman McLaren features a human skull cautioning Canadians to “keep their mouths shut” in an effort to end gossiping during World War II.
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Boogie-Doodle (1941) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Boogie-Doodle
director: Norman McLaren
other title: 涂鸦
An animation film, made without the use of a camera, in which "boogie" played by Albert Ammons and "doodle" drawn by Norman McLaren combine to make a rhythmic, brightly colored film experiment. The main title is in eight languages.
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New York Lightboard Record (1961) [Movie] Douban
New York Lightboard Record
director: Norman McLaren
other title: 纽约映画展
本短片是加拿大动画电影教父级人物Norman McLaren在纽约繁华街头的一次有关动画的极具创新精神的实验。
霓虹闪烁的纽约街头，原本是各种品牌你争我夺的阵地的大型户外广告电视屏上，出现了好玩的动画。画面虽然简单，不过是与“Canada”有关的字母、图画的“变形计”，却吸引许多路人驻足——即便无意瞥见后依旧行色匆匆，他们在看到动画的瞬间也是一脸惊奇甚至天真，全不似平日般面无表情。
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Rock the Boat (1944) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
C'est l'aviron
7.6 (5 ratings) director: Norman McLaren
other title: 这是赛艇 / C'est l'aviron
One of a series of French-Canadian folk songs, this film was illustrated by Norman McLaren for the Chants populaires series. White gouache drawings on black cards were photographed with overlapping ‘zooms’ to suggest the forward movement of a canoe along rivers and lakes. This film appears in Chants populaires no. 5 and in Chants populaires no. 6.
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Narcissus (1983) [Movie] Douban
Narcissus
director: Norman McLaren
other title: 那喀索斯
英语中自恋（Narcissism）这个词，直译成汉语是水仙花。这来自一个美丽的古希腊神话：美少年那西斯在水中看到了自己的倒影，便爱上了自己，每天茶饭不思，憔悴而死，变成了一朵花，后人称之为水仙花。心理学家借用这个词，用以描绘一个人爱上自己的现象。弗洛伊德：对于自体（自我内在影像）投注里比多兴奋的状态。从里比多的方式来说，也就是他将本来应该投注于自我的对象客体的里比多，反向投注到自己身上，这样病人就无法和别人建立有效和融入的亲密人际关系，并且经常沉浸在自己不切实际的幻想中。同时由于自恋的人专注对象是自己，所以无法发展出移情，所以无法分析。
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Blackbird (1958) [Movie] Douban
Le Merle
8.0 (6 ratings) director: Norman McLaren
other title: 乌鸫 / Le Merle
在一首曾在法裔加拿大人中广为传唱的古老歌谣中，乌鸫先后失去了嘴巴、眼睛、头、脖子等身体部位，但失去部分一旦在数量上变成重新长出部分的三倍，失去的便会返回。
伴着这首古老的歌谣，乌鸫的嘴巴、眼睛、爪脚等开始在银幕上排练组合成种种好玩、有趣的形象。观众莞尔之际，只叹导演Norman McLaren想象力非凡。