Animation pioneer Norman McLaren directed several movies for the National Film Board of Canada between 1941 and 1983. One of his great innovations in those years was his use of pixilation, using stop-motion techniques with live actors. That was the style used to produce his most notorious and controversial movie, Voisins (Neighbors), for which he also composed a very suitable score by scratching the edge of the film stock in such a way that the projector would read as sound. It ended up winning an Canadian Film Award and an Academy Award - for "Best Documentary", because the Oscars were always clueless - besides being added to the Memory of the World Programme, a UNESCO initiative that aims to preserve the most significant of humanity's documentary heritage. From idyllic peace to total destruction in 8 minutes.
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"En 1913 j'eus l'heureuse idée de fixer une roue de bicyclette sur un tabouret de cuisine et de la regarder tourner" - Marcel Duchamp
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