Dimensions of Dialogue explained

Dimensions of Dialogue
Director:	Jan Švankmajer
Music:	Jan Klusák
Cinematography:	Vladimír Malík
Editing:	Helena Lebdušková
Distributor:	Krátký Film Praha
Released:	^[1]
Runtime:	14 minutes
Country:	Czechoslovakia

Dimensions of Dialogue (Czech: '''Možnosti dialogu''') is a 1983 Czechoslovak animated short film directed by Jan Švankmajer. It is 14 minutes long and created with stop motion.

Plot

The animation is divided into three sections. "Eternal conversation" (Dialog věčný) shows Arcimboldo-like heads gradually reducing each other to bland copies; "Passionate discourse" (Dialog vášnivý) shows a clay man and woman who dissolve into one another sexually, then quarrel and reduce themselves to a frenzied, boiling pulp; and "Exhaustive discussion" (Dialog vyčerpávající) consists of two elderly clay heads who extrude various objects on their tongues (toothbrush and toothpaste; shoe and shoelaces, etc.) and intertwine them in various combinations.^[2]

Reception

Terry Gilliam selected the film as one of the ten best animated films of all time.^[3]

Awards

• Annecy International Animated Film Festival 1983 – Won Grand Prix
• Berlin International Film Festival 1983 – Won Golden Bear for Best Short Film, C.I.D.A.L.C. Award (Honorable Mention)

External links

• • Dimensions of Dialogue - Tativille

Notes and References

1. Book: Touching and Imagining: An Introduction to Tactile Art. 9780857735300. Švankmajer. Jan. 2014-03-27.
2. http://sensesofcinema.com/2001/cteq/svankmajer/ Re-animating the Lost Objects d'Childhood and the Everyday: Jan Svankmajer
3. News: Gilliam . Terry . Terry Gilliam Picks the Ten Best Animated Films of All Time . The Guardian . April 27, 2001 .