Pas de deux (1968)
- Original title
- Pas de Deux
- Directed by
- Norman McLaren
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 14 min
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 69 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two dancers perform a ballet pas de deux as the film uses stop-motion and multiple exposures to create ghostly trails of movement. The result is a visual meditation on the elegance and form of the human body in motion.
dreamlikeetherealmeditativegracefulslow-motionvisually poeticabstractserene
What happens
Pas de deux (released as Duo in the United States) is a 1968 short dance film by Norman McLaren, produced by the National Film Board of Canada. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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