Inspiration (1949)

Original title

Inspirace

Directed by

Karel Zeman

Genre

short film, animated film, talk show, puppet film

Country

Czechoslovakia

Runtime

11 min

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 46 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Glass figurines come to life in a stop-motion short. They act out scenes inspired by Italian commedia dell'arte stock characters, without any dialogue.

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What happens

Inspiration (Czech: Inspirace) is a 1949 Czechoslovak animated short film directed by Karel Zeman. It is a wordless stop-motion film made using glass figurines. The characters in the film are stock characters from Italian commedia dell'arte. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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