The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer (1984)
- Original title
- The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer
- Directed by
- Keith Griffiths, Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 14 min
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 42 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
This short film pays tribute to Czech surrealist filmmaker Jan Švankmajer. It uses stop-motion animation to create a cabinet filled with strange and evocative objects.
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What happens
The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer is a 1984 British surreal short stop-motion film by the Brothers Quay, an homage to the influential short film maker Jan Švankmajer. The film was released on 20 June 1984, in the United Kingdom. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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