NFB Collection
Spheres
19697 min 21 secFilm: Experimental, Animation
Direction: Norman McLarenRené Jodoin
Production: Norman McLarenRené Jodoin
In this three-part experiment in geometric abstraction, spheres with metallic reflections float and are propelled through space. René Jodoin and Norman McLaren completed the animation in 1946, but it wasn’t until 1968 that McLaren chose Glenn Gould’s interpretation of passages from Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier for the soundtrack.
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Subject categories
- Sciences > Mathematics
- History and Citizenship Education > Culture and Currents of Thought (1500-present)
- Media Education > Film Animation
- Arts Education > Visual Arts
Credits
- director
- Norman McLaren
- René Jodoin
- producer
- Norman McLaren
- René Jodoin
- animation
- Norman McLaren
- René Jodoin
- music
- Glenn Gould
Awards
- Special Mention - Category: ExperimentalInternational Festival of Experimental and Documentary Films