Canada, 1957
12m
35mm film, black and white
mono, none
A Canadian fantasy film directed by Claude Jutra and Norman McLaren.
Plot Summary
A young man tries to sit down to read but his chair has a mind of its own and resists any attempt to sit on it.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Claude Jutra, Norman McLaren
National Film Board of Canada
Animator: Evelyn Lambart
Music: Maurice Blackburn, Chatur Lal, Ravi Shankar
Cast
Claude Jutra [young man]
Alternative Titles
Il Était une chaise – Canada (French)
A História de uma Cadeira – Portugal
To paramythi tis kareklas – Greece
Links
Extracts included in
50 for 50: Volume 1, Tape 4: Children’s Choice (1989)
Cinéastes de notre temps: Norman McLaren: Né en 1914 (1972)
Claude Jutra – An Unfinished Story aka: Claude Jutra, portrait sur film (2002)
Creative Process: Norman McLaren (1993)
Seven Surprizes (1963)
