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Narcissus
198321 min 47 secFilm: Experimental
Direction: Norman McLaren
Production: David VerrallDerek LambDouglas MacDonald
Norman
McLaren’s final film draws on all the talents of this master filmmaker to
accompany Fernand Nault’s choreography in telling the myth of Narcissus. A
tale about a young man’s incapacity to love others and his love of self that
eventually leads him into a trap. A profoundly artistic exploration of the
eternal search for love.
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Subject categories
- Dance > BalletDance Interpretations
- Literature and Language > Legends, Myths, and Tales
Credits
- director
- Norman McLaren
- producer
- David Verrall
- executive producer
- Derek Lamb
- Douglas MacDonald
- cinematography
- David De Volpi
- optical camera
- Jimmy Chin
- sound
- Louis Hone
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- choreography
- Fernand Nault
- music
- Maurice Blackburn
Awards
- Golden Peacock for the Best Short Film of the FestivalInternational Film Festival
- Golden Sheaf Award - Category: Best Experimental FilmYorkton Film Festival
- Honorable Mention - Category: Visual Essays Itinerant - American Film and Video Festival
- Gold Star AwardDance on Camera Festival
- Honorable Mention International Film and Video Festival
- Special MentionFestival internatinal de cinéma de court métrage
- First Prize - Madame de Stael PrizeFestival international du film romantique