The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer is a 1984 British surreal short stop-motion film by the Quay Brothers, an homage to the influential short film maker Jan Švankmajer. [1]
Summary
It is structured as a series of little lessons on perception [2] at Prague [3] in a form of a puppet simulacrum of Svankmajer, whose head is an opened book, to a doll whose head the masters empties of dross and refills with a similar open book. [4]
Availability
Available as part of the Phantom Museums DVD collection of Quay Brothers shorts. [5]
References
- ^ Brooke, Michael. "Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer, The (1984)". Screenonline. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ^ Amazon.com
- ^ MUBI
- ^ Zeitgeist Films
- ^ Kino Lorber International
External links
- The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer at IMDb
- The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer on YouTube
- The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer at AllMovie
- Excerpt on Vimeo
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The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer is a 1984 British surreal short stop-motion film by the Quay Brothers, an homage to the influential short film maker Jan Švankmajer. [1]
Summary
It is structured as a series of little lessons on perception [2] at Prague [3] in a form of a puppet simulacrum of Svankmajer, whose head is an opened book, to a doll whose head the masters empties of dross and refills with a similar open book. [4]
Availability
Available as part of the Phantom Museums DVD collection of Quay Brothers shorts. [5]
References
- ^ Brooke, Michael. "Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer, The (1984)". Screenonline. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ^ Amazon.com
- ^ MUBI
- ^ Zeitgeist Films
- ^ Kino Lorber International
External links
- The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer at IMDb
- The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer on YouTube
- The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer at AllMovie
- Excerpt on Vimeo
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