The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer, Vol. 2 - The Later Years
by Jan Svankmajer
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Actor: Bedrich Glaser, Jan Kraus, Josef Fiala, Ludvík Sváb, Pavel MarekDirector: Jan Svankmajer
Producer: Jaromír Kallista
Writer: Jan Svankmajer
Producer: Eduard Galbavý
Producer: Keith Griffiths
Producer: Klára Stoklasová
Writer: Auguste de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam
Writer: Edgar Allan Poe
Writer: Josef Kolber
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Unknown; English (Original Language), Unknown
Format: Animated, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 86 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-06-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Image Entertainment
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DVD Review: Strange and unsettling
Summary: 5 Stars
?vankmajer's imagery, if taken literally, lies outside everyone's comfort zone. Slabs of dead meat dance, lovers fuse in passion or anger, the inanimate comes to life, and living people become stop-animation puppets. A political history creates a bizarre mix of autopsy, C-section, and ironic reference to wisdom springing from the brow of Jupiter. Childhood terrors take on form in "Down to the Cellar;" almost-familiar people and things combine in nightmare scenes where escape is impossible. "Food" offers macabre comments on consumption out of control.
This presents some of the finest in surreal imagery, carried by ?vankmajer's brilliant stop animation. Thought-provoking and beautifully executed, this extends the definition of what animation can be.
-- wiredweird
PS: This appears to be the second disk of "The Collected Shorts of Jan ?vankmajer" (ASIN: B0009KA8JY) repackaged as a single disk. If you're at all interested, go for the whole collection, not just this half.
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