A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting
Jan 01 1946
•0h 4m
•Animation
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.
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