Movies: Grant Munro
- 1952
Neighbours (1952)
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In this Oscar-winning short film, Norman McLaren employs the principles normally used to put drawings or puppets into motion to animate live actors. The story is a parable about two people who come to blows over the possession of a flower....
- 1963
Christmas Cracker (1963)
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Three separate sequences related to Christmas, animated in different styles: cutout animation of children dancing in the snow to "Jingle Bells," stop-motion animation of toys come to life, and cel animation of a man who seeks the ideal star to top hi...
- 1970
Ashes of Doom (1970)
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A chain-smoking woman has an encounter with a vampire....
- 1964
Canon (1964)
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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 "Frere Jacques" where four cubes dance and combine with one another on a checkerboard. The second seque...
- 1953
Two Bagatelles (1953)
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Norman McLaren instructs Grant Munro on the movements he is to make. The film technique for Two Bagatelles is pixillation, where the actor is animated frame by frame, as in the film Neighbours/Voisins....
- 1975
Boo Hoo (1975)
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A cemetery in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada is seen through the eyes of its former superintendent....
- 1989
The Magical Eye (1989)
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Features clips from 21 documentary and animation film classics, interviews with NFB filmmakers past and present, and incisive commentary from film critics and historians on the role and influence of the NFB during its first half century of existence....
- 1977
Animated Motion: Part 2 (1977)
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In this short animation film, Norman McLaren presents the first 3 of the 5 categories of motion: constant, accelerated and decelerated. Various types of acceleration and deceleration are demonstrated, and examples are shown of how these types of moti...
- 1990
Creative Process: Norman McLaren (1990)
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Norman McLaren was a cinematic genius who made films without cameras, and music without instruments. He produced sixty films in a stunning range of styles and techniques, collecting over 200 international awards, and world recognition. In Creative Pr...
- 1966
Toys (1966)
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Window shopping children watch as toy soldiers come to life and fight a war with all its unvarnished ferocity and horror....
- 1954
One Little Indian (1954)
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This short puppet animation from the fifties tells the story of Magic Bow, a First Nations boy endowed with magic gifts. Magic Bow is in the big city for the first time, thrilling audiences with his tricks at the Wild West Rodeo. Outside the arena, c...
- 1970
Where There's Smoke (1970)
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A compilation of satirical anti-smoking clips....
- 1970
The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees (1970)
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The career of Scots-Canadian animation innovator, Norman McLaren....
- 1975
The Energy Carol (1975)
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An unconventional version of The Christmas Carol....
- 1978
Animated Motion: Part 5 (1978)
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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 change--change in the amount and color of light within an otherwise static screen. Normally, the anima...
- 1977
Animated Motion: Part 3 (1977)
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The third in a series of five colour films that offer an introduction to the basic techniques of film animation. McLaren explains and demonstrates different aspects of movement that are essential to the animator’s art. In this case it is the pause an...
- 1983
McLaren on McLaren (1983)
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An opening address, a tribute and highlights of a long and productive career--McLaren on McLaren is Norman McLaren on camera. The occasion is the opening of a prestigious festival in Arnhem, the Netherlands, in November, 1983, marking the tenth anniv...
- 1947
Stanley Takes a Trip (1947)
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The importance of a balanced diet, told in story form for children through the medium of two-dimensional cut-out animation. Stanley is a little boy who is lethargic from lack of a balanced diet. Some animals take him for a trip on the back of a "trai...
- 1962
Pot-pourri (1962)
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A selection of publicity clips mounted together in one film to show the techniques of NFB animators. As in Hors-d'oeuvre, these "quickie" films were produced originally for government agencies, to carry messages to the public....
- 1966
The Animal Movie (1966)
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An animated cartoon to help children explore why and how animals move as they do. A little boy discovers that he cannot compete with a monkey, a snake or a horse by imitating the way they move. He can only outdistance them when he climbs into a vehic...