Underplayed Gems

Dimensions of Dialogue (1983)

Dimensions of Dialogue poster
Original title
Možnosti dialogu
Directed by
Jan Švankmajer
Genre
short film, comedy film, animated film
Country
Czechoslovakia
Runtime
12 min
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 166 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

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

This 12 minute stop motion short has three segments that show different forms of communication and conflict. Objects and living things morph into one another in gruesome and absurd ways.

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What happens

Dimensions of Dialogue (Czech: Možnosti dialogu, lit.: Possibilities of Dialogue) is a 1983 Czechoslovak animated short film directed by Jan Švankmajer. It is 12 minutes long and created with stop motion. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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