Begone Dull Care
Begone Dull Care is a 1949 visual music animated film directed by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart.
| Begone Dull Care | |
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| Directed by | Evelyn Lambart Norman McLaren |
| Produced by | Norman McLaren |
| Edited by | Evelyn Lambart Norman McLaren |
| Music by | The Oscar Peterson Trio |
| Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada |
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Running time | 8 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
Using drawn-on-film animation, McLaren and Lambart painted and scratched directly onto film stock to create a visual representation of Oscar Peterson's jazz music. The film was produced by the National Film Board of Canada.
Honours and awards
Begone Dull Care was 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.[1] It also won a special Genie Award for experimental filmmaking.
At the 1st Berlin International Film Festival, the film won the silver medal in the Culture Films and Documentaries category.[2]
The Canadian electronic music duo Junior Boys named their 2009 album Begone Dull Care for the film, which was reported to have influenced the conception and creation of the music.[3]
Opening titles
The film opens with titles in seven languages: English, French (Caprice en Couleurs), Spanish (Fantasía en Colores), Hindi (रंग बाहार; Raṅga Bāhāra), Italian (Capriccio a Colori), Russian (Красочная фанта́зия; Krasočnaja Fantázija), and German (Trübsal Ade!).[4]
References
- "Begone Dull Care". Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada Web site. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
- "1st Berlin International Film Festival: Prize Winners". berlinale.de.
- "Junior Boys to Release Begone Dull Care in April", Paste, January 20, 2009.
- "Begone Dull Care".