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: Kino On Video
: Animation, Cel
: 102 min.
: English
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Here, collected in one volume for the first time, are ten exquisite stop-motion animation masterpieces by the Brothers Quay made from 1984 through 1993. Boundlessly inventive, the Quays have created some of the most visually stunning animation ever seen. With their passion for detail, their breathtaking command of color and texture, and their astonishing use of focus and camera movement, they turn their miniature sets into unforgettable worlds, suggestive of Kafkaesque nightmares of menace and decay, or the landscapes of long-repressed childhood dreams.
Contains:
The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer - 1984/14 mins/color
The Epic of Gilgamesh - 1985/11 mins/color
Street of Crocodiles - 1986/21 mins/color
Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies - 1987/14 mins/B&W
Dramolet (Stille Nacht I) - 1988/1 min/B&W
The Comb (From the Museums of Sleep) - 1991/15 mins/color
Anamorphosis or De Artificiali Perspectiva - 1991/15 mins/color
Are We Still Married? (Stille Nacht II) - 1991/3 mins/B&W
Tales Form the Vienna Woods (Still Nacht III) - 1992/3 mins/B&W
Can't Go Wrong Without You (Still Nacht IV) - 1993/3 mins/B&W
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| Dark, intense and enthralling
by chester
March 6, 2003 - 8:07 AM PST
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12 out of 12 members found this review helpful
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| Many people will know the Quay Brothers as the "guys who influenced the Tool videos," as they had an influence on Fred Stuhr who did some Tool videos (including Sober) and an Oingo Boingo video (Insanity), among other things. The Quay brothers have an amazing talent for stop-motion; the movement in their films is very fluid and amazing to watch. This DVD contains some short, very odd films. Some may be inaccessible to many people (especially those not into Kafka or existentialism), but they are fascinating, nonetheless. The most interesting, I think, are the first two: The Cabinet of Jan Svankmejer (one of their influences, who did Alice and Faust, and the more current Little Otik), and the Epic of Gilgamesh. Anamorphosis is quite interesting, in that it is a very straightfoward mini-documentary of sorts of an odd type of art use in the 16th century. Many of the others are darker and even more obscure. They include films done for Channel 4, MTV, and what appear to be a couple music videos. Bonuses include an interesting interview and one of their earlier films. A must for lovers of independent film, dark films, or stop-motion animation, otherwise, you could probably skip it... |
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