The Flat (1968)
- Original title
- Byt
- Directed by
- Jan Švankmajer
- Genre
- short film, comedy film, fantasy film, animated film, live-action/animated film
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Runtime
- 13 min
- Rating
- 7.3 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.
How it feels
A man is trapped in a strange apartment where ordinary objects behave in impossible ways. Chairs move on their own and a pillow fights back as he struggles to survive in this bizarre space.
surrealwhimsicalabsurdplayfuldarkly comicdreamlikeunsettlinginventive
What happens
The Flat (Czech: Byt) is a 1968 Czech surrealist short film directed by Jan Švankmajer. The film features no dialogue, only music by Zdeněk Liška. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Nejlepší ženská mého života (1968)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.