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Rythmetic

1956 8 min
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An animated film by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart that endows arithmetic with lively humour. The screen becomes a numerical free-for-all as digits meet in playful encounter, add and subtract, jostle, attack and elude one another.

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An animated film by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart that endows arithmetic with lively humour. The screen becomes a numerical free-for-all as digits meet in playful encounter, add and subtract, jostle, attack and elude one another.

  • director
    Norman McLaren
    Evelyn Lambart
  • photography
    Norman McLaren
    Evelyn Lambart
  • animation
    Norman McLaren
    Evelyn Lambart
  • producer
    Norman McLaren
  • sound
    Norman McLaren

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