Like a lot of politically charged films, Norman McLaren’s “Neighbours” was controversial upon release and his since come to be regarded as an important classic. Produced by the National Film ...

In this Oscar-winning short film, Norman McLaren employs the principles normally used to put drawings or puppets into motion to animate live actors. The story is a parable about two people who ...

Animation is an exhausting business, particularly the way Norman McLaren did it ... anti-war parable Neighbours (1952). As he got older, McLaren turned increasingly to manipulating machines ...

Norman McLaren, CC, CQ (11 April 1914 – 27 ... His awards included an Oscar for the Best Documentary in 1952 for Neighbours, a Silver Bear for best short documentary at the 1956 Berlin ...