A Little phantasy on a 19th century painting (TEFC)

Isle of the Dead, by the 19th Century painter Arnold Boecklin, is the subject of this McLaren experimental film. The spectral island wakes to mysterious life, flickers in candlelight and fades again into the dark - the whole effect heightened by an interpretive musical score. Music, Louis Applebaum. (Award: Salerno.)

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Credits

producer/director

Norman McLaren

production company

ONF | NFB

Duration

00:03:10:00

Production places

Canada

Production dates

1947

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

006316

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Film festivals - Italy - Salerno - Awards

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Awards

Animation

Animation → Animated films - Canada

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art and motion pictures

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting

Experimental

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Canada, 1947

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