Begone Dull Care (1949) is a visual music animated film directed by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart.
Using drawn on film animation, McLaren and Lambart paint and scratch directly onto film stock to create a visual music presentation of Oscar Peterson's jazz music. The film is produced by the National Film Board of Canada.
Designated and preserved as a "masterwork" by the Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada, a charitable non-profit organiz...
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Begone Dull Care (1949) is a visual music animated film directed by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart.
Using drawn on film animation, McLaren and Lambart paint and scratch directly onto film stock to create a visual music presentation of Oscar Peterson's jazz music. The film is produced by the National Film Board of Canada.
Designated and preserved as a "masterwork" by the Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada, a charitable non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the preservation of Canada’s audio-visual heritage. Winner of a Special Genie Award for experimental filmmaking.
The Canadian electronic music duo Junior Boys named their 2009 album Begone Dull Care for the film.
McLaren opened the film with titles in seven different languages: English, French, Spanish (Fantasia en Colores), Hindi (रग वहर), Italian (Capriccio a Colori), Russian (Красочная Фантазия; Krasočnaja Fanatzija), and German (Trübsal Ade!).
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