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Food (1993)

Food poster
Directed by
Jan Švankmajer
Genre
short film, comedy film, animated film, silent film
Country
Czechoslovakia, United Kingdom
Runtime
16 min
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 127 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This animated short shows people eating in strange and grotesque ways. It uses clay figures and live action to look at how humans interact with food.

surrealdarkly comicunsettlingbizarreavant-gardesatiricalvisually inventiveclaymation

What happens

Food (Czech: Jídlo) is a 1992 Czech animated comedy short film directed by Jan Švankmajer that uses claymation and pixilation. It examines the human relationship with food by showing breakfast, lunch, and dinner. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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