The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope (1983)

Original title

Kyvadlo, jáma a naděje

Directed by

Jan Švankmajer

Genre

short film, horror film

Country

Czechoslovakia

Runtime

15 min

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 34 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 prisoner is subjected to psychological and physical torture in a dark cell. The film adapts two classic stories about despair and the hope of escape.

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What happens

The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope (Czech: Kyvadlo, jáma a naděje) is a 1983 Czechoslovak animated short film directed by Jan Švankmajer, adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's 1842 short story "The Pit and the Pendulum" and Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam's story "A Torture by Hope". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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