Dimensions of Dialogue (1983)

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

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)

Trailer

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