Narcissus
Aug 18 1983
•0h 22m
•In this short film by Norman McLaren, dancers enact the Greek tragedy of Narcissus, the beautiful youth whose excessive self-love condemned him to a trapped existence. Skilfully merging film, dance and music, the film is a compendium of the techniques McLaren acquired over a lifetime of experimentation.
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Jean-Louis Morin
Narcissus
Sylvie Kinal
Nymph
Sylvain Lafortune
Friend
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