| Begone Dull Care | |
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| Directed by |
Evelyn Lambart |
| Produced by | Norman McLaren |
| Music by | The Oscar Peterson Trio |
| Editing by | Evelyn Lambart Norman McLaren |
| Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada |
| Release date(s) | 1949 |
| Running time | 8 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
Begone Dull Care (1949) is a visual music animated film directed by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart.
Using drawn on film animation, McLaren and Lambart paint and scratch directly onto film stock to create a visual representation of Oscar Peterson's jazz music. The film is produced by the National Film Board of Canada.
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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.[1] Winner of a Special Genie Award for experimental filmmaking.
At the 1st Berlin International Film Festival it won the Silver Medal (Culture Films and Documentaries) award.[2]
The Canadian electronic music duo Junior Boys named their 2009 album Begone Dull Care for the film.[3]
McLaren opened the film with titles in seven different languages: English, French, Spanish (Fantasía en Colores), Hindi (रंग बाहार; Raṅga Bāhāra), Italian (Capriccio a Colori), Russian (Красочная Фантазия; Krasočnaja Fanatzija), and German (Trübsal Ade!).[4]
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