''Begone Dull Care'' is a 1949 visual music animated film directed by Norman McLaren and

Evelyn Lambart Evelyn Lambart (23 July 1914 – 3 April 1999) was a Canadian animator and technical director with the National Film Board of Canada, known for her early collaborations with Norman McLaren as well as her later films, as sole director. In 19 ...

Summary

Using drawn-on-film animation, McLaren and Lambart painted and scratched directly onto film stock to create a visual representation of

Oscar Peterson Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian virtuoso jazz pianist and composer. Considered one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards ...

jazz music Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a maj ...

. The film was produced by the

National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; french: Office national du film du Canada (ONF)) is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary f ...

Opening titles

The film opens with titles in seven languages: English, French (), Spanish (), Hindi (; ), Italian (), Russian (; ), and German ().

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. It also won a special Genie Award for experimental filmmaking. At the

1st Berlin International Film Festival The 1st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 6 to 17 June 1951 at the Titiana-Palast cinema. The opening film was Alfred Hitchcock's ''Rebecca''. At this very first Berlin Festival, the Golden Bear award was introduced, and it ...

, the film won the silver medal in the Culture Films and Documentaries category. The Canadian electronic music duo

Junior Boys Junior Boys are a Canadian electronic pop group, founded in 1999 in Hamilton, Ontario by Jeremy Greenspan and Johnny Dark. Dark left the project shortly after, and was replaced by engineer Matt Didemus. The duo initially gained critical praise ...

named their 2009 album '' Begone Dull Care'' for the film, which was reported to have influenced the conception and creation of the music."Junior Boys to Release ''Begone Dull Care'' in April"
'' Paste'', January 20, 2009.

References

External links

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1949 films Quebec films Animated films without speech Canadian animated short films Films directed by Norman McLaren Visual music Jazz films Canadian Screen Award-winning films Drawn-on-film animated films National Film Board of Canada animated short films 1940s animated short films 1949 animated films Animated musical films Canadian musical films 1940s Canadian films {{1940s-Canada-film-stub