Two Bagatelles

January. 01,1953      
Rating:
6.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Norman McLaren instructs Grant Munro on the movements he is to make. The film technique for Two Bagatelles is pixillation, where the actor is animated frame by frame, as in the film Neighbours/Voisins.

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Reviews

ChicRawIdol
1953/01/01

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

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Nayan Gough
1953/01/02

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

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Tymon Sutton
1953/01/03

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

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Hattie
1953/01/04

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

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