Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer, Volume 2
Type
Audio/Visual
Authors
Category
Film Shorts
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Publication Year
2005
Publisher
KimStim, United States
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
One of 2 videodiscs (162 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Audio: Czech, German and English with English subtitles.
Contents:
Dimensions of dialogue / Studio Jiřího Trnky (1982, 12 min.)
Do pivnice = Down to the cellar / Slovenská Filmová Tvorba (1983, 15 min.)
The pendulum, the pit and hope (1983, 16 min.)
Meat love (1988, 1 min.)
Flora / [MTV] (1989, 20 sec.)
The death of Stalinism in Bohemia / BBC, Nomad Films (1990, 15 min.)
Food / Koninck International & Heart of Europe (1992, 17 min.)
Audio: Czech, German and English with English subtitles.
Contents:
Dimensions of dialogue / Studio Jiřího Trnky (1982, 12 min.)
Do pivnice = Down to the cellar / Slovenská Filmová Tvorba (1983, 15 min.)
The pendulum, the pit and hope (1983, 16 min.)
Meat love (1988, 1 min.)
Flora / [MTV] (1989, 20 sec.)
The death of Stalinism in Bohemia / BBC, Nomad Films (1990, 15 min.)
Food / Koninck International & Heart of Europe (1992, 17 min.)
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