If I find a film dull, I find it infinitely more entertaining to watch the scratches.
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And so my militant philosophy is this: to make with a brush on canvas is a simple direct delight-to make with the movie is the same.Norman McLaren
Take a film of Jacques Tati like Mon Oncle which has something quite new - for me, unique - in it.
Norman McLaren
I have tried to preserve in my relationship to the film the same closeness and intimacy that exists between a painter and his canvas.
Norman McLaren
The good moral work of art should have all the qualities that a good amoral work of art should have, such as formal unity, balance, contrast, and a sensitivity to the material out of which it is made.
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I like black and white films. I don't exactly know why - probably because there is a stylization which is removed from actual life, unlike a color film.
Norman McLaren
But it has, in addition, an even more precious quality - a consciousness of the human intelligence, the human spirit and that man is a social creature.
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