Pas de Deux pt deux

[Shashan1977]

wait...what? I saw it, I missed MOST of it. I'd like to see it again but I wonder how many times do I have to see it to get all of it. I cannot. Alas. Gonna pull up a cartoon.

[karoalphashots]

magnifique

[ingaman]

Two hard key lights and ghost trails from iMovie. I don't see what's so special about this. My little brother could make a better video!

[PriPriVer]

@ingaman This movie is from 1968. It was done using an optical printer, edited purely on film... Norman McLaren was a genious and pioneer of experimental animation.

[ingaman]

@PriPriVer I know. I was just being a dick. Sorry.

[SapaEP]

@ingaman Ok let's see it!

[Carva11M]

@ingaman You're an idiot ;) you should better inform yourself before adding any comment



[ruolanjin]

So beautiful!

[sumonkey]

Thank you for putting this on. It's still as hauntingly beautiful as I remember.

[valygipsy]

I love it!

[OLOeOJO]

Harmony Gentleness Geometry SweetnesS

[warden9876]

It's so good do some papier-mâché while watching a pas de deux.

[noodleguru]

The whole thing is available on the NFB website as one piece.... along with every other McLaren and NFB films!

Props to superchat for making this available before the digitization though.

[backwoodsgps]

a simple whistle

does our wonder

Luv the Man

[alhajem]

i dont like ballet but this!!!!

[LFDigitalDesign]

As astonishing and moving today as it was when it was made. A transcendent work of art.

[fuerzatranquila]

que belleza maestro Mclaren

[rwluthi]

The great art of the analog time!! Beautiful!! One can only guess how many hours of work this must've been.

[balletnut]

How many people actually took part in this? Was it just the two and the rest was computer wizardry? Am I asking you to divulge too much?

It was absolutely beautiful.

[mausetieger]

Pas de deux is from 1968, so no computer wizardry involved. This must have been created by combining multiple layers of film negative and/or multiple exposure.

[richidpraah]

no computers, work by hand, just the two

[cosiendodos]

thank you so much for this video!

[dadautube]

first time i saw this masterpiece i was about 13 or 14 years young ... been looking for it for ages and found it here. many thx for the upload.

[DickensianDreams]

Beautiful.

[sisterdiggins]

WOW!!!

[WendyLaurenE]

This is so transfixing, 2:50 is so beautiful, it's like they're melting together.

[Murakamizo]

nice, Normam is fantastic!

[arroyogravel]

I'm proud to say that I met McLaren in 1968 at the Film Board while being privileged to work for a week with the Optical Effects/Animation Dept.& meeting lots of very talented artists! Yes, this has been one of my very favorite films. Thanks for posting it.

[joet88]

@arroyogravel

woah, did u work on this particular film?

[shelaghmckenna]

They are all lovers who ever existed.

[AgaGrandowicz]

You should have a look at Zbigniew Rybczynski's work... The Polish filmmaker living in USA - extremely innovative person.

[sphinxpuzzle]

This still holds every bit of magic that it did for me the last time I saw it years and years ago. Thank you so much for posting. A poetic expression in 4Dimensions.

[magic585]

Wow. Incredible stuff.

[magic585]

Wow. Incredible stuff.

[gonzaklo]

this is one of the greatest things ive seen in youtube!!!

[RonzilWeazleBack]

Good luck with your presentation Ronzil

[salgreco]

This is my favourite Norman McLaren film.

I was fortunate enough to have visited him 4 times. (The last time was when he was editing "Narcissus"). He was a wonderful person as well as a wonderful film-maker.

[EnPassion]

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing, superchat9000.

Do you by any chance have Narcissus (1983) by McLaren? I'm missing that one dearly, it would be a bliss if someone could uploid it here. Thanks again.

[davidcovo]

beauty is movement

[kewpieee]

i love all of NORMAN MCLAREN's work particularly this one. it's very beautiful and poetic. the dance movement transform into graphic picture. juz can say wonderful!

[RobertBresson]

What an amazing study of movement.

[Tbaum77]

try watching this on acid!

[superchat9000]

HI, I'm glad you all like it as much as me, shame I had to split it into 2 parts, I think some people may have only seen part 1, & part 2 is great

[yummychummy]

you're right - part 2 is definitely the more dynamic of the two. but both are stellar, nonetheless! mclaren was a god.

[AlexandraMG]

this is one of my favorites. thank you for posting this video.

[KeyFilmation]

wow

[nobbynemo]

Marvelous! thanks superchat.

[stelamenezes]

this video is really very well made.