This experimental short film by Norman McLaren is a playful exercise in intermittent animation and spasmodic imagery.
Playing with the laws relating to persistence of vision and after-image on the retina of the eye, McLaren engraves pictures on blank film creating vivid, percussive effects.

animation and production : Norman McLaren
sound and recording : Roger Beaudry, Joseph Champagne
music : Maurice Blackburn
production and distribution : National Film Board of Canada, NFB

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 screenings within the framework of La Vidéothèque Nomade
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