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Blackbird

1958-12-01 Animation 4mins

To the tune of a classic French-Canadian nonsense song, surreal blackbird made of lines loses body parts and gets them back threefold.

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To the tune of a classic French-Canadian nonsense song, surreal blackbird made of lines loses body parts and gets them back threefold.

  • Released
    1958-12-01
  • Revenue
    n/a
  • Budget
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  • Runtime
    4mins
  • Genre
    Animation
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    Français
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  • Production
    ONF | NFB

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Norman McLaren
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A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2024-02-17

This is based on an old French-Canadian song where a blackbird gradually loses a part of it's body - but whichever part it loses then return... read more

This is based on an old French-Canadian song where a blackbird gradually loses a part of it's body - but whichever part it loses then returns, in triplicate! Manna from heaven for Norman McLaren, who has created a charming and musical short animation depicting a cheery manipulation of shapes that resemble a bird at times, but as ever with this artist, can be jumbled up and re-aligned to make just about anything. Even when it is the recognisable merle, the body has the ability to annoy even the most agile of double-jointed creations by discombobulating itself at will. This has a cracking score (from Le Trio Lyrique) to accompany the on-screen antics and I think this might actually be my favourite from this imaginative Canadian.

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A Review by CinemaSerf

This is based on an old French-Canadian song where a blackbird gradually loses a part of it's body - but whichever part it loses then returns, in triplicate! Manna from heaven for Norman McLaren, who has created a charming and musical short...

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A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2024-02-17

This is based on an old French-Canadian song where a blackbird gradually loses a part of it's body - but whichever part it loses then returns, in triplicate! Manna from heaven for Norman McLaren, who ...

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