Insects (2018)
- Original title
- Hmyz
- Directed by
- Jan Švankmajer
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film, live-action/animated film
- Country
- Czech Republic, Slovakia
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rated
- 18+
- Rating
- 5.6 of 10 from 16 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 group of amateur actors rehearses a play about insects. They start to hallucinate and take on the roles of their characters.
surrealdarkly comictheatricalhallucinatoryslow-burncerebralunsettling
What happens
Insects (Czech: Hmyz) is a 2018 surrealist comedy film directed by Jan Švankmajer, the film is based on the play Pictures from the Insects' Life by Karel and Josef Čapek. Švankmajer stated that the film would be his last. It premiered on 26 January 2018 at International Film Festival Rotterdam. The film follows amateur actors rehearsing Pictures from the Insects' Life. The actors find themselves living out their characters' roles and hallucinating insects. Insects is intercut with the creative process of the film itself and interviews with the actors about their dreams. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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