Lunacy (2005)

Original title

Šílení

Directed by

Jan Švankmajer

Genre

drama film, comedy film, horror film

Country

Slovakia, Czech Republic

Runtime

1h 58m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 75 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.

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How it feels

A young man is committed to an asylum run by a doctor with unconventional methods. He encounters madness, cruelty, and philosophical debates about freedom and sanity.

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What happens

Lunacy (Czech: Šílení) is a 2005 animated horror drama film written and directed by Jan Švankmajer. It is loosely based on two Edgar Allan Poe short stories, "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" (1845) and "The Premature Burial" (1844), and partly inspired by the works of the Marquis de Sade. The film was shot between October 2004 and April 2005, on location in the village of Peruc close to Prague, and in Švankmajer's studio in the village of Knovíz. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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