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Fiddle-de-dee

Name: Fiddle-de-dee
Duration: 3 min

Norman McLaren

1947 | 3 min

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A film fantasy of dancing music and dancing colour. To "Listen to the Mocking Bird" played by an oldtime fiddler, brilliant patterns ripple, flow, flicker and blend. Norman McLaren, painting on film, translates sound into sight.

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director

Norman McLaren
producer

Norman McLaren
animation

Norman McLaren
music

Eugène Desormeaux

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