The complete short films / directed by Jan Švankmajer.

By: Publication details: London : BFI, 2007.Description: 3 videodiscs (313 minutes) ; sound, black & white, colour ; 4 3/4 inches. + 1 booklet (51 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)ISBN:
  • 5035673006320
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Contents:
Disc 1: Early shorts 1964-72: Last trick (1964) -- J S Bach fantasy in G minor (1965) -- Game with stones (1965) -- Punch and Judy (1966) -- Et Cetera (1966) -- Historia naturae, suita (1967) -- Garden (1968) -- Flat (1968) -- Picnic with Weissman (1968) -- Quiet week in the house (1969) -- Don Juan (1969) -- Ossuary (1970) -- Jabberwocky (1971) -- Leonardo's diary (1972)
Disc 2: Late shorts 1979-92: Castle of Otranto (1979) -- Fall of the house of Usher (1980) -- Dimensions of dialogue (1982) -- Down to the cellar (1983) -- Pendulum, the pit and hope (1983) -- Virile games (1988) -- Another kind of love (1988) -- Meat love (1988) -- Darkness-light-darkness (1989) -- Flora (1989) -- Death of Stalinism in Bohemia (1990) -- Food (1992)
Disc 3: Extras: Extras: Johanes Doktor Faust (1958) -- Nick Carter in Prague (1977, excerpts) -- Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer (1984) -- Chimeres des Švankmajer (2001) -- Czech TV interview (2001) -- Lunacy trailer (2005)
Summary: Featuring all 26 entries in the official filmography, this is the world's first complete DVD edition of the short films of Czech surrealist filmmaker-animator Jan Svankmajer. A 54-page illustrated booklet includes full credits and detailed notes on each film by leading Svankmajer experts. Originally produced as motion pictures from 1964-1992. Includes an illustrated booklet with full credits and detailed notes on each film by leading Svankmajer experts.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Barcode
DVD DVD CGLAS Library DVDs - Ask at Library Desk Pink 791.4334 SVA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Disc 1 Available 03356
DVD DVD CGLAS Library DVDs - Ask at Library Desk Pink 791.4334 SVA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Disc 2 Available 13153
DVD DVD CGLAS Library DVDs - Ask at Library Desk Pink 791.4334 SVA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Disc 3 Available 13154

Disc 1: Early shorts 1964-72: Last trick (1964) -- J S Bach fantasy in G minor (1965) -- Game with stones (1965) -- Punch and Judy (1966) -- Et Cetera (1966) -- Historia naturae, suita (1967) -- Garden (1968) -- Flat (1968) -- Picnic with Weissman (1968) -- Quiet week in the house (1969) -- Don Juan (1969) -- Ossuary (1970) -- Jabberwocky (1971) -- Leonardo's diary (1972)

Disc 2: Late shorts 1979-92: Castle of Otranto (1979) -- Fall of the house of Usher (1980) -- Dimensions of dialogue (1982) -- Down to the cellar (1983) -- Pendulum, the pit and hope (1983) -- Virile games (1988) -- Another kind of love (1988) -- Meat love (1988) -- Darkness-light-darkness (1989) -- Flora (1989) -- Death of Stalinism in Bohemia (1990) -- Food (1992)

Disc 3: Extras: Extras: Johanes Doktor Faust (1958) -- Nick Carter in Prague (1977, excerpts) -- Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer (1984) -- Chimeres des Švankmajer (2001) -- Czech TV interview (2001) -- Lunacy trailer (2005)

Featuring all 26 entries in the official filmography, this is the world's first complete DVD edition of the short films of Czech surrealist filmmaker-animator Jan Svankmajer. A 54-page illustrated booklet includes full credits and detailed notes on each film by leading Svankmajer experts. Originally produced as motion pictures from 1964-1992. Includes an illustrated booklet with full credits and detailed notes on each film by leading Svankmajer experts.