Begone Dull Care

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Abstract images drawn directly onto the film are accompanied by three pieces of jazz performed by the Oscar Peterson trio.Abstract images drawn directly onto the film are accompanied by three pieces of jazz performed by the Oscar Peterson trio.Abstract images drawn directly onto the film are accompanied by three pieces of jazz performed by the Oscar Peterson trio.

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- Evelyn Lambart
- Norman McLaren

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7.3/10

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Leonard Maltin in Begone Dull Care (1950)

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Directors Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart hung some of the film to dry in windows of their work space in Montreal. Because of the pollution, dirt ended up drying onto the film as well. Lambert suggested projecting the film to see what it looked like. They ended up using this "dirty film" in parts of the finished work.

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Edited into 50 for 50: Volume 1, Tape 2: Animation: A Touch of Fantasy (1989)

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Begone Dull Care showcases Oscar Peterson jazz over images by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart

With the recent death of jazz great Oscar Peterson, Amid at Cartoon Brew showed his tribute by linking from YouTube two animated shorts scored by him. One was directed by John Hubley. This one, Begone Dull Care, was done by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart with the abstract paint done directly on film. Peterson provides three jazz pieces with the second one just played to white lines on black background and the other two mixed with that and various other colors, mostly red. Wonderful Jackson Pollock-like images that might have inspired many a trip during the '60s! What a great tribute to a recently departed music genius from Canada.

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