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Narcissus

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.

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  • conceptor
    Norman McLaren
  • director
    Norman McLaren
  • assistant director
    Donald McWilliams
  • choreography
    Fernand Nault
  • music
    Maurice Blackburn
  • dancer
    Jean-Louis Morin
    Sylvie Kinal
    Sylvain Lafortune
  • musician
    Margot Morris
    John Newmark
    Maureen Forrester
  • assistant to the director
    Lorna Brown
  • cinematography
    David De Volpi
  • camera operator
    Jacques Fogel
  • camera assistant
    Andrew Kitzanuk
    Nash Read
  • optical camera
    Jimmy Chin
  • special camera design
    Eric Miller
  • electrician
    Guy Rémillard
    Walter Klymkiw
    Claude Derasp
    Roger Martin
  • music recording
    Louis Hone
  • sound mixing
    Jean-Pierre Joutel
  • artistic consultant
    Grant Munro
    Vincent Warren
    Tom Daly
  • makeup
    Brigitte McCaughry
  • set construction
    Jean Parisien
  • location manager
    Marcel Malacket
  • unit administrator
    Diane Bergeron
  • producer
    David Verrall
  • executive producer
    Derek Lamb
    Douglas MacDonald
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