Lines Horizontal

Directors: Norman McLaren & Evelyn Lambart
Release date: 1962
Rating: ★★★
Review:

‘Lines Horizontal’ is essentially ‘Lines Vertical‘ from 1960, but turned 90 degrees, re-colored and with a new, rather folky soundtrack by Peter Seeger. Even though the patterns are essentially the same, the result feels like a new film, especially because the horizontal lines cause some different effects to the eye, like creating non-existent triangles.

‘Lines Vertical’ and ‘Lines Horizontal’ both are extreme films in that they only use parallel lines, but Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart are able to turn this extreme concepts into intriguing films, thanks to their timing and overall structure, which follows an inner logic.

Watch ‘Lines Horizontal’ yourself and tell me what you think:

‘Lines Horizontal’ is available on the DVD-box ‘Norman McLaren – The Master’s Edition’