Blinkity Blank
1955 · 0h 5m · Animation, Music · Canada
A playful exercise in intermittent animation and spasmodic imagery. Playing with the laws relating to persistence of vision and after-image on the retina of the eye, McLaren engraves pictures on blank film creating vivid, percussive effects.
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Norman McLaren6.2Smart score
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