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Yeah Yeah Yeahs swipe Norman McLaren

One of these is a Norman McLaren movie and another one is a Yeah Yeah Yeahs video:

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Boing Boing is doing a great series of illustration swipe posts today. Basically, if you follow their link to the Henry Vallely archive, you can see how tons of panels from early Batman comics were “swiped” from Henry Vallely pulp comics in the previous decade. No one’s saying Batman-creator, Bob Kane is a thief or a plagiarist – it’s just a wonderful example of how dependent artists are on each other to create great works.

I’m a firm believer in Wilde’s maxim that talent borrows while genius steals, which is why I think the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s video for their song, Turn Into, is pure genius.

The video is a gorgeous swipe of a Norman McLaren video-repetition technique, which was featured in his film, Pas de deux (watch it in full on Google Video).

See also: Norman McLaren mega-post

[Link] Thanks, Arthur!

  • http://elnegromagnifico.blogspot.com El Negro Magnifico

    That segment in “Turn Into” seemed like a nice nod to McLaren. As a whole, it was a pretty solid video. Patrick Daughters is a fine director.
    That McLaren technique was also used in Blinker the Star’s “Below the Sliding Doors” vid.

  • http://elnegromagnifico.blogspot.com El Negro Magnifico

    That segment in “Turn Into” seemed like a nice nod to McLaren. As a whole, it was a pretty solid video. Patrick Daughters is a fine director.
    That McLaren technique was also used in Blinker the Star’s “Below the Sliding Doors” vid.

  • http://elnegromagnifico.blogspot.com El Negro Magnifico

    That segment in “Turn Into” seemed like a nice nod to McLaren. As a whole, it was a pretty solid video. Patrick Daughters is a fine director.
    That McLaren technique was also used in Blinker the Star’s “Below the Sliding Doors” vid.