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Runtime: 86 mins

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Synopsis: Jan Svankmajer has a well-earned reputation as an innovator in the world of animation, utilizing and blending a dizzying array of sources and techniques, including stop-motion, puppets, humans, and... Jan Svankmajer has a well-earned reputation as an innovator in the world of animation, utilizing and blending a dizzying array of sources and techniques, including stop-motion, puppets, humans, and live action. Collected here are a variety of short films from the master craftsman, providing the perfect introduction into his warped, dark, dreamlike world. Amongst the titles are THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER, A GAME WITH STONES, ET CETERA, PUNCH & JUDY, THE FLAT, PICNIC WITH WEISSMANN, and A QUIET WEEK IN THE HOUSE. [More]

Director: Jan Svankmajer

Director: Jan Svankmajer

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Jun 10, 2003

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  • For the past forty years, Jan Svankmajer (Alice, Little Otik) has been hailed as one of cinema's most consistently surprising, wildly imaginative and remarkable surrealists of our time. 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 collection of remarkable short works pays tribute to an artist that has mesmerized audiences the world over, inspiring filmmakers from the Brothers Quay to Tim Burton and Terry Gilliam. Volume 1 includes: "The Fall of the House of Usher," "A Game with Stones," "Et cetera," "Punch and July," "The Flat," "Picnic with Weissmann," "A Quiet Week in the House."
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