Blinkity Blank (1955)
- Directed by
- Norman McLaren
- Genre
- animated short film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 5 min
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 53 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
The film uses animation on black film stock to create flickering shapes and lines. It feels like watching moving drawings come to life for a short time.
abstractenergeticplayfulexperimentalrhythmicspontaneouswhimsical
What happens
Blinkity Blank is a 1955 animated short film created by Norman McLaren for the National Film Board of Canada. It won, among other awards, both the Short Film Palme d'Or at Cannes and the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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