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The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer (Czech)
Footage: 86+76min
Year: 2002
Czech filmmaker Jan Svankmajer has fascinated the world with his surreal, dream-like, animated creations for many decades. Such is Svankmajer's magic, that the most ordinary objects and people can be imbued with lilting strangeness, with action and agency, with personality, and with deeply rooted cultural observations. His work has been a beacon to countless filmmakers, an inspiration to artists everywhere, and unquestionably some of the most important art to emerge from the often oppressive confines of the formerly Communist Czechoslovakia. Although his work lies within the realm of the surreal, Svankmajer uses his films to probe social institutions, classes, and interactions.
Volume 1 of the Collected Shorts discs brings us to the core of Svankmajer's work from 1965 to 1980, and Volume 2 from 1982 to 1992.
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A Game With Stones Footage: 9min Year: 1965 A surreal, mechanical contraption drops stones into a bucket, which then go into ritual movements and progressions. A perfect example of Svankmajer's expert ability to take something inorganic and bring them to vibrant life, almost effortlessly. |
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Punch and Judy Footage: 10min Year: 1966 A pair of hand-puppets quarrel over a real-life guinea pig. Soon they begin to battle each other. |
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Et Cetera Footage: 7min Year: 1966 An experimental animation presents the theme of gradual, upgraded progress. |
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Picnic With Weissmann Footage: 13min Year: 1969 Outdoor picnic items do their thing without the help of human beings. But maybe there's a reason why. |
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The Flat Footage: 13min Year: 1968 A Kafkaesque black comedy in which a man is held prisoner in an apartment where everyday objects turn against him. |
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A Quiet Week in the House Footage: 13min Year: 1969 A solitary terrorist breaks into an old, dilapidated house where he proceeds, for one week, to spy on various rooms. Inside those rooms, strange things are happening. |
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The Fall of the House of Usher Footage: 15min Year: 1980 A Gothic fantasia based on the classic Edgar Allan Poe tale of horror. |
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Dimensions of Dialogue Footage: 12min Year: 1982 A series of examinations on the subject of communication. |
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Down To The Cellar Footage: 15min Year: 1983 A young girl encounters a series of disturbing obstacles while on an errand to fetch potatos from the cellar. |
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The Pendulum, The Pit, and Hope Footage: 16min Year: 1983 A live-action, first-person-perspective interpretation of the Edgar Allan Poe's tale of torturwe and repression. A man condemned by the Spanish Inquisition attempts to escape his captors and a dungeon of tortures. |
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Meat Love Footage: 1min Year: 1988 Two steaks enjoy a brief romance before being cooked for dinner. |
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Flora Footage: 20sec Year: 1989 A dark ecological tragedy. |
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The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia 片长：15分钟 出品时间：1990 Footage: 15min Year: 1990 After years of suffering under Communism in Czechoslovakia, Svankmajer made a brilliant political short that serves as his commentary on events in Communist Russia. It helps if you're a little familiar with the history of Russia and its influence on the Eastern Bloc. |
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Food Footage: 17min Year: 1992 More... |
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