Agency - French program:.Québec Studio.

Research, Denys Desjardins ; direction, Denys Desjardins ; picture editing, Denys Desjardins ; producer, Johanne Bergeron ; photographic research, Marion Duhaime-Morissette ; sweetening, Luc Papineau ; original music, Luc Papineau.

Participation, Pierre Hébert.

Recorded 2014.

Spontaneity and perseverance are intertwined in the inexhaustible art of Pierre Hébert, who has been exploring the limits of animated film for over 50 years. Arriving at the NFB in 1962, he was mentored by the great Norman McLaren. The avant-garde Hébert would push the boundaries of drawn-on-film animation, and with his anti-militarist film Memories of War (1982) he started performing alongside musicians in "live cinema" events, scratching directly onto the projected film loops. These happenings inspired further film projects like La lettre d'amour (1988) and La plante humaine (1996), a masterful feature that traces his long creative path. Eternally innovative, Hébert appears around the world, collaborating in numerous projects, including Lieux et monuments.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).