Neighbours

Neighbours (1952)

Love your neighbor, meaning, to treat others as you would have them treat you.

In this Oscar-winning short film, Norman McLaren employs the principles normally used to put drawings or puppets into motion to animate live actors. The story is a parable about two people who come to blows over the possession of a flower.

Date of release
1952-01-01
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (133)
Runtime
9m
Genres
Comedy, Animation
Director
Norman McLaren

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Montreal
  • Awards: 2 · Nominations: 2. Including: Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject); Canadian Film Award

Neighbours is a 1952 Canadian anti-war film by Scottish-Canadian filmmaker Norman McLaren made for the National Film Board of Canada. At the 25th Academy Awards, it was nominated for Best Live Action, Short Subject and won Best Documentary, Short Subject.

Production

The film uses pixilation, an animation technique using live actors as stop motion objects. McLaren created the soundtrack of the film by scratching the edge of the film, creating various blobs, lines, and triangles which the projector read as sound. Wolf Koenig served as cameraman on the film.

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