Pas de deux 

A genius film

that's beautiful, thank you for sharing

You are absolutely a legend sir , I think that is the best era of cinema comparing today , opportunities are more today but essence is less ... People like you are main textbook of dozens of memories and also had the last life experiences of years ... Live long sir , God bless you ❤️

It’s beautiful, I see it as gas -> water-> woman

+Emphazed Edouard mon petit

+Emphazed What are movies where on the syllabus? Any other sleeper films like this one (i.e. not Citizen Kane-esque)?

@@awisecar9540 what kind do you want? Dance? Go to nfb.ca or their RU-vid channel. Norman has many films.

I have its version created in a tele-cine method over the original 16mm.

This "step-printing" technique can also now be done with a lot of manual manipulation of multiple lines of the same visual scene, 'stacked' over each other, with each line "slipped" a frame or 2 or 3 (etc.) ahead or behind of the main bottom line the same way on video editing programs like like Final Cut Pro an probably other similar video-editing programs by now. I've done this same technique for other people's films on FCP.

Oh shut it. Just because it is older and harder to make does not make it better art. It might make it more impressive from a technical standpoint, thats all. I know of many art pieces that are miles ahead of this creatively and visually. Just because its easier now with digital does not make it "hackwork". You need a good idea to make good art, the machine doesn't just shit it out. That being said this piece is phenomenal and beautiful. However there is no need to shit on modern creators. Older =/= better

It was made using an optical printer and involved a lot of mathematics, there is not much editing in this film.

And it took 4 years

It was done by filming on high contrast black and white film stock in 35mm, with side lighting only from both sides to outline their bodies, and then that original copy of the "raw" film was developed. Then each section of that developed copy was printed onto a new high-contrast B&W negative via an optical printer (and it could have been done on an even a less complex contact printer) using a technique called "step-printing" where the original developed film is passed thru the printer (with its new roll of high contrast negative film stock) over and over, but each time, the original film was "slipped" one or two or three (etc.) frame(s) ahead or behind of where it originally was during the first pass to leave "after images" (or "before images") relative to the original-pass-thru of the original image, creating the effect you see. Yes, some basic math was involved cuz each section used a different variation of the "frame-slip" process of this multiple-exposure technique. This trick was used by other filmmakers on occasion, most famously for the first section of the "stargate" sequence of Stanley Kubricks "2001: A Space Odyssey", but it took the gentle genius of NFB's long-time (40-ish years) Canadian filmmaker-artist laureate Norman McLaren to turn this purely technical process into this stunningly beautiful film-art-work. McLaren's dozens of other films, all using other varied artistic techniques, including painting on clear blank film and hand-painting some of the soundtracks to create early electronic music, have all been released in a beautiful boxed set of DVDs and Blu-Rays by the NFB (National Film Board of Canada), with some of them posted here on You-Tube.

@@DanFiebiger Thankyou Dan

Thanks for finding the name of the song, "Doina Oltului și Hora Oltenească" is in Romanian, not Hungarian. I remember learning that it is interpreted by the romanian pan-piper Dobre Constantin for this particular film, but when I asked my professors they did not know to tell me the name of the song and I couldn't find much info on the internet.

is "Ciocîrlia Ensemble" the Orchestra you mentioned?

'its Romanian piece, not Hungarian

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He was trying to make a personal cinema bc he's an artist. Film is an industry of collaboration. He was trying to make a 1:1 relationship to his work, like a painter to a canvas, as a way of connecting more personally to his audience and medium.. A film like begone dull care is personal. Neighbours is poltical allegory. Pas de deux is a study in motion and aesthetics (via optical printing). Maybe your attention span has a different expectation? Art film is more of a confrontation than entertainment. It's meant to challenge and transport you. This film is supposed to be a meditation on love imo.

​@@andrewlennox8318 What does film being an industry of collaboration have to do with anything?...What does him "making a 1:1 relationship to his work" have to do with anything as well? I would kind of argue that if he's trying to connect his ideas directly to celluloid...well then who isn't? Yeah and those are all valid interpretations of past works, I'm actually not sure where I insinuated where those wouldn't be interpretations I agree with. It's also very interesting how you connect this idea of having a short attention span to this dull expectation of "being entertained", as if I'd ever find myself on NFB's channel to get over my Avenger's withdrawal. It's interesting because it's precisely your antiquated way of holding auteurs and art cinema to this untouchable pristine level that has held the medium back for years now, things can drag on...it's ok to be BORED andrew. I still very much enjoyed the work.

@@n00bster97 glad you enjoyed it. You have your opinion and I have mine. Art is great at opening that dialogue. Easier when one is calm imo. Hope u find other films that inspire you but don't lag.

@@andrewlennox8318 Cool beans brother

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They used high contrast film. It is normally used to make a print. It doesn't capture much grey scale, mostly black or white. The white of the dancers and black background enhance the contrast. The lights are set up open face (no diffusion, etc) from the sides (no frontal or back light). It's a very harsh light to create more contrast. The effects are created thru an optical printer. It makes a copy of the original onto a new film. It is slowed down and frames are sequenced in repeat and new chronology to create the superimposed effect. Making this new film also increases the contrast bc they have to use print stocks to make the copy. Normally you shoot on negative film and then print. This is typical contrast level. Hope that is clear.

@@andrewlennox8318 Také jsem si kladl otázku JAK to sakra svítili. Kontrastní film a překopírování "vytáhne" siluetu a potlačí polotóny. Pokud ale vím, kontrastní film je podstatně méně citlivý. Muselo jim to dát hodně práce a přemýšlení. V každém případě super zážitek.

It was made by applying till 12 copies of the original negative, one above the others with a slight displacement (of some of the frames) between each one.