Begone Dull Care
I’ve been looking this ever since I saw it a couple semesters ago in a film course. Not ideal for quality, but at least the full version is now accessible on YouTube. Here is the full-length version of “Begone Dull Care” by Norman McLaren. Yup, that’s the Oscar Peterson Trio:
Background on the piece:
McLaren was known for being very painstaking with his films, a very deliberate and detail-oriented worker. And it shows gloriously in this particular film, a virtual journey into the essence of a jazz selection performed by the Oscar Peterson Trio, made visible by the use of vivid colors, lines, and shapes, either painted directly on the film or created by the scratching off of some of the film’s emulsion to reveal stark white lines and shapes.
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