The Complete Short Films

Issued in a tri-fold (6-panel) DVD digipak in a heavy card slipcase with 56-page booklet (first two pages are unnumbered, thus referred to as 54-page by the item itself). [On rear of slipcase] Featuring all 26 entries in the official filmography, this is the world's first complete DVD edition of the short films by the legendary Czech Surrealist filmmaker-animator Jan Švankmajer. Technically and conceptually astonishing in their own right, these films are also as remarkable for their philosophical consistency as for their frequently mind-boggling imagery. This package also includes a bonus short, Johanes Doktor Faust (1958), the longer cut of The Cabinet Of Jan Švankmajer (1984) with a new introduction by the Quay Brothers, the documentary Les Chimeres Des Švankmajer (2001), interviews with Jan and Eva Švankmajer and examples of their work in other media. There's also a chance to see some Švankmajer special effects, created when he was banned from directing his own films. A 54-page illustrated booklet includes full credits and detailed notes on each film by leading Švankmajer experts. Czechoslovakia + various | 1964-92 | colour | optional English subtitles | 313 minutes + 149 minutes extra material | 1.33:1 * * J S Bach - Fantasy in G Minor and Johanes Doktor Faust are presented in 2.35:1 Cinemascope ... www.bfi.org.uk Copy Protected Macrovision [logo] Suitable for persons of 15 years and older [BBFC 15 logo] [b]Note:[/b] 1-12b is a replacement soundtrack, as the original 1-12a was banned for 'subversion'. The Jacques Prévert poem is 'Comment Dessiner Le Portrait D'un Oiseau'. 3-3b is the full-length version of the animation. For over two decades it was known primarily as a 14-minute short by the Quay Brothers (see 'Quay Brothers: The Short Films 1979-2003' BFIVD653) but their animated sequences were originally conceived as links to a much longer documentary portrait, broadcast in Channel 4's 'Visions' strand on 20 June 1984. 2nd cat# is found on the disc faces.