The Flicker Film

Overview

‘Too esoteric, even for me,’ said McLaren about his The Flicker Film. The famous animator’s most abstract effort is marginalized to the point of being officially labelled as ‘unfinished,’ even though the explosion of high-intensity stroboscopic imagery created by rapidly alternating black and white frames, coupled to infectious syncopation on the soundtrack - looks and sounds to be not only complete enough, but utterly mind-blowing.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1961

Original language

XX

Countries

Canada

Production

ONF,NFB

Director

Norman McLaren

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1911643