The Flicker Film
1961, XX. Directed by Norman McLaren.
‘Too esoteric, even for me,’ said McLaren about his The Flicker Film. The famous animator’s most abstract effort is marginalized to the point of being officially labelled as ‘unfinished,’ even though the explosion of high-intensity stroboscopic imagery created by rapidly alternating black and white frames, coupled to infectious syncopation on the soundtrack - looks and sounds to be not only complete enough, but utterly mind-blowing.
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- 0h 4m
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- XX
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- 1 January 1961
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- Canada
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The Flicker Film runs 4 minutes (0h 4m).
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The Flicker Film isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1961. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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If you liked The Flicker Film, try The House, Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1, Arctic Dogs.
Who directed The Flicker Film?
The Flicker Film (1961) was directed by Norman McLaren.