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Begone Dull Care is a 1949 visual music animated film directed by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart.[1]

Begone Dull Care
Directed by	Evelyn Lambart Norman McLaren
Produced by	Norman McLaren
Edited by	Evelyn Lambart Norman McLaren
Music by	The Oscar Peterson Trio
Distributed by	National Film Board of Canada
Release date	1949 (1949)
Running time	8 minutes
Country	Canada

Summary

Using drawn-on-film animation, McLaren and Lambart painted and scratched directly onto film stock to create a visual representation of Oscar Peterson's jazz music.[2] The film was produced by the National Film Board of Canada.

Opening titles

The film opens with titles in seven languages: English, French (Caprice en Couleurs), Spanish (Fantasía en Colores), Hindi (रंग बाहार; Raṅga Bāhāra), Italian (Capriccio a Colori), Russian (Красочная фанта́зия; Krasočnaja Fantázija), and German (Trübsal Ade!).[3]

Reception and legacy

Begone Dull Care was designated and preserved as a "masterwork" by the Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada, a charitable non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the preservation of Canada's audio-visual heritage.[4] It also won a special Genie Award for experimental filmmaking.

At the 1st Berlin International Film Festival, the film won the silver medal in the Culture Films and Documentaries category.[5]

The Canadian electronic music duo Junior Boys named their 2009 album Begone Dull Care for the film, which was reported to have influenced the conception and creation of the music.[6]

References

External links

• Begone Dull Care at AllMovie
• Begone Dull Care at IMDb
• Watch online at NFB Web site

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