Down to the Cellar (1983)

Original title

Do pivnice

Directed by

Jan Švankmajer

Genre

short film, surrealism, thriller, horror film, animated film

Country

Czechoslovakia

Runtime

15 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 33 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 little girl goes into a cellar where strange things happen. She meets odd creatures and faces bizarre, dreamlike situations in a dark, playful world.

surrealplayfulunsettlingdreamlikeclaustrophobicwhimsicaldarkchildlike

What happens

Do pivnice è un cortometraggio del 1983 diretto da Jan Švankmajer. Come d'uso nei suoi lavori, Švankmajer unisce in Do pivnice l'interpretazione fisica degli attori con la tecnica di animazione in stop-motion. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.