The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer

June. 10,2003 NR

Rating：

8.3

Genre：

Fantasy Animation

Keywords：

Surrealism Stop Motion Compilation

Trailer Synopsis Cast

For the past 40 years, Jan Svankmajer (Faust, Conspirators of Pleasure) 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. KimStim (and Kino) is proud to to offer this collection of remarkable short works from an artist that has mesmerized audiences the world over and has inspired filmmakers from the Brothers Quay to Tim Burton and Terry Gilliam.

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Reviews

LouHomey

2003/06/10

From my favorite movies..

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Micransix

2003/06/11

Crappy film

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2003/06/12

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

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BelSports

2003/06/13

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

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