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Pinscreen

1973 · 39 min

A quiet, unhurried look at a painstaking craft, rewarding patience with the strange beauty of shadows moving across pins.

Directed by
Norman McLaren
Genres
Documentary, Animation
Starring
Alexandre Alexeieff, Claire Parker, Norman McLaren
Overview
Pinscreen animation makes use of a screen filled with movable pins, which can be moved in or out by pressing an object onto the screen. The screen is lit from the side so that the pins cast shadows.

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Directed by
Norman McLaren
Genres
Documentary, Animation
Starring
Alexandre Alexeieff, Claire Parker, Norman McLaren
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    Genres
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    Directed by
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    Starring
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    Runtime
    39 min
    Country
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    Languages
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