Paul Bochner

Icarus

The Greek myth retold with film animation, accompanied by music for flute. Music, drawing, colour and movement here follow a moving, classic restraint. Daedalus, inventor of many things, provides the wings to escape from Crete, but Icarus, his son, impetuously flies too close to the sun. In this film, artist and composer share equal pleasure in the telling, with a feeling the audience will share. A film without words.

Canada Vignettes: The Maple Leaf

The maple leaf on the Canadian flag turns into two profiles that illustrate the many relationships between people.

Extinction of the Dinosaurs

This film illustrates the theory that a sudden change in climate caused by a stellar explosion resulted in the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Canada Vignettes: Faces

Animated images showing the variety of people who live in Canada.

Firelight

A highly personal and impressionistic piece of work, Firelight explores time. Long dissolves and pastel shades reflect time's ephemeral nature, its steady progression and the constancy of its cycles. It's a gentle film that sets the mind adrift.