Street of Crocodiles (1986)
- Directed by
- Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 20 min
- Rated
- 15+
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 81 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 is a stop-motion animation short inspired by a Bruno Schulz story. It follows a man in a dark, dusty city where strange mechanical objects come to life. The film creates an eerie and sad atmosphere without a direct plot.
unsettlingdreamlikebleakslow-burnvisually lushclaustrophobicmelancholiccerebral
What happens
Street of Crocodiles is a 21-minute-long British stop-motion animation short subject directed and produced by the Brothers Quay and released in 1986. "The Street of Crocodiles" was originally a short story written by Bruno Schulz, from a story collection published under that title in English translation. Rather than literally representing the childhood memoirs of Schulz, the animators used the story's mood and psychological undertones as inspiration for their own creation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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