In this short film by Norman McLaren, dancers enact the Greek tragedy of Narcissus, the beautiful youth whose excessive self-love condemned him to a trapped existence. Skilfully merging film, dance and music, the film is a compendium of the techniques McLaren acquired over a lifetime of experimentation.
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- Jean-Louis MorinNarcissus
- Sylvie KinalNymph
- Sylvain LafortuneFriend
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- Norman McLarenDirector
- David De VolpiDirector of Photography
- David VerrallProducer
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