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Norman McLaren
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Dan Carino
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Oct 21, 2006
Norman McLaren
Canadian animator and filmmaker Norman McLaren won an Oscar, a Palme d'Or at Cannes, and countless festival prizes. And this week the National Film Board of Canada released a seven-DVD set of his work. Animation critic Charles Solomon gives an appreciation.
A scene from Norman McLaren's film Neighbours.
A scene from Norman McLaren's film Neighbours.
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Copyright 1952 National Film Board of Canada
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Canadian animator and filmmaker Norman McLaren won an Oscar, a Palme d'Or at Cannes, and countless festival prizes. And this week the National Film Board of Canada released a seven-DVD set of his work. Animation critic Charles Solomon gives an appreciation.

Canadian animator and filmmaker Norman McLaren won an Oscar, a Palme d'Or at Cannes, and countless festival prizes. And this week the National Film Board of Canada released a seven-DVD set of his work. Animation critic Charles Solomon gives an appreciation.