Lines Vertical/Lines Horizontal

Director Norman McLaren, Evelyn Lambart / 1960 / Canada

An abstract film by McLaren and Evelyn Lambart in which a sheaf of lines gyrates, groups and re-groups in harmony to music. The musical accompaniment to Lines Vertical was composed and played by Maurice Blackburn; in Lines Horizontal, Pete Seeger plays the music on wind and string instruments. Judged best experimental film at the Venice Film Festival, 1960.

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