Food (1993)
- 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
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 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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