Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer, Volume 1
Type
Audio/Visual
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Category
Film Shorts
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Publication Year
2005
Publisher
KimStim, United States
Duration
162 min.
Subject
Švankmajer, Jan, -- 1934- Surrealism in motion pictures. Short films.
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Abstract
"Utilizing a delirious combination of puppets, humans, stop-motion animation and live action, Svankmajer's films conjure up a dreamlike universe that is at once dark, macabre, witty and perversely visceral. This is a collection of short works"--Container.
Description
2 videodiscs (162 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Audio: Czech, German and English with English subtitles.
Vol. 1:
A game with stones / Froschberg Zeigt Filmstudio (1965, 9 min.)
Punch and Judy / Loutkový Film Praha (1966, 10 min.)
Et cetera / Loutkový Film Praha (1966, 7 min.)
Picnic with Weissmann / Studio A Zeigt (1969, 13 min.)
The flat / Loutkový Film Praha / (1968, 13 min.)
A quiet week in the house / Krátký Film Studio (1969, 19 min.)
The fall of the House of Usher / Krátký Film Praha (1980, 15 min.)
Audio: Czech, German and English with English subtitles.
Vol. 1:
A game with stones / Froschberg Zeigt Filmstudio (1965, 9 min.)
Punch and Judy / Loutkový Film Praha (1966, 10 min.)
Et cetera / Loutkový Film Praha (1966, 7 min.)
Picnic with Weissmann / Studio A Zeigt (1969, 13 min.)
The flat / Loutkový Film Praha / (1968, 13 min.)
A quiet week in the house / Krátký Film Studio (1969, 19 min.)
The fall of the House of Usher / Krátký Film Praha (1980, 15 min.)
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1
