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A Chairy tale

Title
A Chairy tale [videorecording] / Norman McLaren for the National Film Board of Canada.
Publication
Chicago : International Film Bureau, 1957.

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Moving imageBy appointment only VTH 414 COffsite

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Additional Authors
  • Lambart, Evelyn.
  • McLaren, Norman, 1914-1987.
  • National Film Board of Canada.
Description
1 videocassette (10 min.) : sd., b&w.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Utilizing the animation technique of pixilation, McLaren presents a fable about a man who struggles with a chair that refuses to be sat upon. When the roles are reversed and the chair is able to sit on the man, the problem is resolved. "A protest against inconsideration and oppression."
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Films for preschoolers, Fiction.
  • Films without narration.
Credits (note)
  • Director, Norman McLaren; animator, Evelyn Lambart; music, Ravi Shankar.
Performer (note)
  • Claude Jutra.
Title
A Chairy tale [videorecording] / Norman McLaren for the National Film Board of Canada.
Imprint
Chicago : International Film Bureau, 1957.
Credits
Director, Norman McLaren; animator, Evelyn Lambart; music, Ravi Shankar.
Cast
Claude Jutra.
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Added Author
Lambart, Evelyn.
McLaren, Norman, 1914-1987.
National Film Board of Canada.
Branch Call Number
VTH 414 C
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