Blinkity Blank

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Blinkity Blank

1955

0h 5m

6.4(53 votes)

Animation

Music

Overview

A playful exercise in intermittent animation and spasmodic imagery. Playing with the laws relating to persistence of vision and after-image on the retina of the eye, McLaren engraves pictures on blank film creating vivid, percussive effects.

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ONF | NFB

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