Neighbours

About Neighbours

In this Oscar-winning short film, Norman McLaren employs the principles normally used to put drawings or puppets into motion to animate live actors. The story is a parable about two people who come to blows over the possession of a flower.

Neighbours (1952) is an animation comedy film directed by Norman McLaren. The film is filed under neighbor, stop motion, newspaper, and peace.

Grant Munro takes the lead as Neighbour on the Right, and Jean Paul Ladouceur as Neighbour on the Left. It runs 9 minutes and was released in January 1952.

The screenplay is by Norman McLaren. It streams on OVID in the United States.

The Wrong Trousers, A Close Shave, and A Matter of Loaf and Death make useful companions to Neighbours, all filed under short film and surrealism. TMDB voters put it at 7.6 out of 10 across 131 votes.