Jan 01, 1946
4 min
Full-HD

A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting (1946)

Taking "Isle of the Dead," a work by the Swiss symbolist painter Arnold Böcklin as his starting point, Norman McLaren creates a deeply disturbing surrealist dream.

Category

Animation

Country

Canada

Companies

ONF | NFB

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