The collected shorts of Jan Svankmajer.
v. 2. Dimensions of dialogue: a dizzy, passionate kaleidoscope of debris and bones of contentious that make any dialogue and understanding impossible ; Down to the cellar: a young girl encounters a series of disturbing obstacles while on an errand to fetch potatoes from the cellar ; The pendulum, th...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | Czech English |
| Language Notes: | Czech and English with English subtitles. |
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Brooklyn, N.Y. :
KimStim :
[2003]
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| Series: | KimStim collection.
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| Summary: | v. 2. Dimensions of dialogue: a dizzy, passionate kaleidoscope of debris and bones of contentious that make any dialogue and understanding impossible ; Down to the cellar: a young girl encounters a series of disturbing obstacles while on an errand to fetch potatoes from the cellar ; The pendulum, the pit and hope: a terrifying live-action take on Poe's classic tale of torture and repression ; Meat love: a tale of sudden passion and tragedy between two steaks ; Flora: a dark ecological tragedy ; The death of Stalinism in Bohemia: Svankmajer's first film, after the fall of Communism, provides a short history of Czechoslovakia since World War II and a recounting of the absurd horrors of Stalinism ; Food: a surrealistic breakfast, lunch and dinner. |
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| Item Description: | Volume 1 is subtitled "The early years" and includes short films from 1965-1980; volume 2. is subtitled "The later years" and includes short films from 1982-1992. Special features: volume 2. BBC documentary: "Animator of Prague" ; Essay "A dream about the funeral of professor P." ; Poems "Economical suicide," "Lunch-victim," "Diluted touch," and "In the cellar" and artwork ; Bio/filmography. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs : sound color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 folded sheets ([4] pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.) |
| Format: | DVD; Dolby digital, mono. |