Begone Dull Care

Norman McLaren uses animation to interpret a modern jazz composition performed by the Oscar Peterson Trio. The slow, quiet middle section, in black and white, is in contrast with the colorful, swift-moving opening and closing sections., P: Preservation Material NT: Negative Track AC: Acetate A: 400' 16/8/9.5mm 16mm Color Sound 308 Evelyn Lambart Director: Evelyn Lambart International Film Bureau

Credits

Directed by
Norman McLaren, Evelyn Lambart
Produced by
Norman McLaren
Music
Oscar Peterson
Edited by
Norman McLaren, Evelyn Lambart
Complete catalog record
Opens with a title page in the eight most used languages and a hand-drawn sound track. Moves into a phantasma of visual images which interpret jazz music played by the Oscar Peterson Trio. Norman Mclaren, , This phantasmagoria was created by ignoring the confines of frame division and drawing fluid lines and brilliant colors on a length of film. A three-movement composition, including ragtime, blues and boogie-woogie (composed by Oscar Peterson), accompanies the shapes that sparkle, converge, multiply and recede.
, This phantasmagoria was created by ignoring the confines of frame division and drawing fluid lines and brilliant colors on a length of film. A three-movement composition, including ragtime, blues and boogie-woogie (composed by Oscar Peterson), accompanies the shapes that sparkle, converge, multiply and recede.
, Norman McLaren uses animation to interpret a modern jazz composition performed by the Oscar Peterson Trio. The slow, quiet middle section, in black and white, is in contrast with the colorful, swift-moving opening and closing sections., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.
Transcription

[Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] e [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] a [Music] [Music] a [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] yeah [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music]

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, length, format, color, sound, genre, catalog record, video
  2. Catalog of Classroom Teaching Films for Georgia Schools, No. 10 (Georgia Department of Education) — title, creator, length, color, description
  3. Wikidata · Q2937583 ↗ — country, credits
  4. 16mm Filmography editors — year, creator, description