

Begone Dull Care
In this extraordinary short animation, Evelyn Lambart and Norman McLaren painted colours, shapes, and transformations directly onto their filmstrip. The result is a vivid interpretation, in fluid lines and colour, of jazz music played by the Oscar Peterson Trio.
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- jazz
- woman director
- scratch film
- short film
- paint on film
- musical expression
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ItalyIT
- Premierehttps://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/130649721 Oct 1949
RomaniaRO
- TheatricalAP1 Oct 1949
SwitzerlandCH
- Digital / OTT09 Aug 2003
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Begone Dull Care was released on 1 October 1949.
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CinemaSerf
4/2/2024
Backed by a lively score from the Oscar Peterson trio, Evelyn Lambert and Norman McLaren draw a series of random images directly on to the film. Some of these images look recognisable - I'm sure I saw a shovel, castle and an amoeba in there. Others appear more like your are unsuccessfully trying to tune in your television set. Whilst mostly haphazard sequence, there are some symmetries to be seen, too. The piece is s…
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