Margaret Mercier
Ballerina
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Two ballet dancers perform a dance enhanced with surreal after-image visuals.
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| Homepage | https://www.nfb.ca/film/pas_de_deux_en/ |
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| Release Date | 1968-10-01 |
| Runtime | 13m |
| Directors | Norman McLaren, Jacques Fogel |
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It's really hard to describe this work of art, so I'm not going to try. Suffice to say that whether or not you are a fan of ballet, I doubt you will be able to watch this without becoming enthralled. Monochrome throughout, and using some very effective stop-frame photographic techniques, we follow Margaret Mercier and Vincent Warren's gorgeously choreographed duet take shape. The panpipes from Dobre Constantin are hauntingly effective at enveloping this inspired presentation of symmetry and imagery and it's simplicity has got to be a key to it's success. Give it ten minutes, you will enjoy it.
— CinemaSerf