The Garden (1968)

Original title

Zahrada

Directed by

Jan Švankmajer

Genre

short film, comedy film, parable, mystery film

Country

Czechoslovakia

Runtime

17 min

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 25 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

A man visits a friend in the country. The friend's garden is surrounded by a fence made of living people holding hands.

surrealwhimsicaldarkly comicunsettlingcerebraldreamlikeslow-burn

What happens

The Garden (Czech: Zahrada) is a 1968 short Czechoslovak film directed by Jan Švankmajer. It was written by Švankmajer and Ivan Kraus based on Kraus's story Living Fence. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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