NFB Collection
A Chairy Tale
19579 min 53 secFilm: Experimental, Animation
Direction: Norman McLarenClaude Jutra
A man’s relationship with a chair
becomes a symbol of exploitation in this extraordinary absurdist fantasy
directed by Claude Jutra and Norman McLaren. What if the revolt by this
inanimate object led to a more egalitarian order of things?
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Subject categories
- Ethics and Religious Culture > Ethical Values
- Health/Personal Development > Healthy Relationships
Credits
- director
- Norman McLaren
- Claude Jutra
- animation
- Evelyn Lambart
- music
- Ravi Shankar
- Chatur Lal
- sound recording
- Maurice Blackburn
- cast
- Claude Jutra
Awards
- Award of Merit - Category: Non-theatrical, Arts and ExperimentalGenie Awards
- Special Award for "work lying outside the Feature and Documentary Fields"BAFTA / British Academy Film Awards
- First Prize - Category: Experimental and Avant-gardeMostra Internatzionale del Cinema
- Second Prize - Category: ExperimentalInternational Film Festival