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Narcissus

1983 21 min
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In this short film by Norman McLaren, dancers enact the Greek tragedy of Narcissus, the beautiful youth whose excessive self-love condemned him to a trapped existence. Skillfully merging film, dance and music, the film is a compendium of the techniques McLaren acquired over a lifetime of experimentation.

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In this short film by Norman McLaren, dancers enact the Greek tragedy of Narcissus, the beautiful youth whose excessive self-love condemned him to a trapped existence. Skillfully merging film, dance and music, the film is a compendium of the techniques McLaren acquired over a lifetime of experimentation.
  • director
    Norman McLaren
  • producer
    David Verrall
  • executive producer
    Derek Lamb
    Douglas MacDonald
  • cinematography
    David De Volpi
  • optical camera
    Jimmy Chin
  • sound
    Louis Hone
  • re-recording
    Jean-Pierre Joutel
  • choreography
    Fernand Nault
  • music
    Maurice Blackburn

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