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Mail Early for Christmas

Norman McLaren

1959 40 s

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In this pre-Christmas reminder to mail early, filmmaker Norman McLaren used an electric vibra-drill to engrave the images on black film, and included the occasional "subliminal" burst of lettering, which he hand-scratched on a few frames.

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In this pre-Christmas reminder to mail early, filmmaker Norman McLaren used an electric vibra-drill to engrave the images on black film, and included the occasional "subliminal" burst of lettering, which he hand-scratched on a few frames.

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Credits

• director
  Norman McLaren
  
• producer
  Norman McLaren
  
• animation
  Norman McLaren
  
• music
  Eldon Rathburn
  

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