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Blinkity Blank (1955)
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The surreal story of a bird and its cage with both their conflict and union. | Add synopsis »
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Won BAFTA Film Award.
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Canada names Cannes prize after McLaren
(From The Hollywood Reporter. 29 April 2005)
Canada's NFB backs Cannes short film prize
(From The Hollywood Reporter. 28 April 2005)
(From The Hollywood Reporter. 29 April 2005)
Canada's NFB backs Cannes short film prize
(From The Hollywood Reporter. 28 April 2005)
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Not exactly one of a kind, but well executed
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Directed by | |||
| Norman McLaren | |||
Produced by | |||
| Norman McLaren | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Maurice Blackburn | |||
Sound Department | |||
| Roger Beaudry | .... | sound | |
| Joseph Champagne | .... | sound | |
Animation Department | |||
| Norman McLaren | .... | animator | |
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"Blinkity Blank" - Greece (festival title)
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I have seen many, many short animated films like BLINKITY BLANK. Using very, very simple animation scratched onto the surface of the film, Norman McLaren has created animated shapes and animals that move in perfect synchronization to the musical accompaniment. The music isn't in the form of songs but more playful riffs and sounds as the animation appears, disappears and moves.
The problems for me about this film are that many film makers seemed to have made similar films and it gets pretty tedious after a while. I have already seen and reviewed about a half dozen similar films, though this one is in sync with the music a little better than the others. Still, how much of this does the average person want to see? An interesting experiment but not much more.