The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer explained

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer, The (1984). Brooke. Michael. Screenonline. 28 July 2012.
  2. https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B01MF6ZRTW Amazon.com
  3. https://mubi.com/films/the-cabinet-of-jan-svankmajer MUBI
  4. https://zeitgeistfilms.com/film/cabinetofjansvankmajer Zeitgeist Films
  5. https://www.kinolorber.com/film/view/id/2823 Kino Lorber International