Darkness/Light/Darkness (1989)
- Original title
- Tma, světlo, tma
- Directed by
- Jan Švankmajer
- Genre
- short film, animated film
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Runtime
- 8 min
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 157 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
A man is confined to a small room. His body grows and shrinks in strange ways. The film uses stop-motion animation to show a bizarre transformation.
surrealcerebralunsettlingexperimentaldreamlikeclaustrophobicvisually dense
What happens
Tma/Světlo/Tma je krátkometrážní československý animovaný film surrealistického režiséra Jana Švankmajera z roku 1989. Jan Švankmajer je scenárista, výtvarník a režisér filmu. Animaci provedl Bedřich Glaser, zvuk Ivo Špalj. Film je vytvořen technikou stop motion. Trvá necelých 8 minut. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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