A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting(1946)
Taking "Isle of the Dead," a work by the Swiss symbolist painter Arnold Böcklin as his starting point, Norman McLaren creates a deeply disturbing surrealist dream.
Movie: A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting
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