Otesánek is a log in a Czech fairy tale that is adopted by a childless couple. The log becomes alive, and the parents are unable to keep their new son fed. Eventually, the growing Otesánek develops a taste for human flesh. Czech director Jan Švankmajer adapted it into a movie.
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food / jan švankmajer. 1992
https://youtu.be/7abCEq0Qla4?si=A5gK9CHSVQyIteOz
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Our final feature presentation is one of Jan Švankmajer’s most famous shorts: “Jabberwocky” (1971) (https://youtu.be/8F1anpTxkmQ?si=vTQCz2ZC2DNWXcXs)
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As far as I’m concerned the no parts of a Švankmajer film are actually silent because I can hear is my heart pounding
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@rsmon77 True.. like, are you even watching a Jan Švankmajer film if you’re not sitting nearly frozen in fear of what horrors the next frame will bring ?
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“Byt” AKA “The Flat” (1968) (https://youtu.be/pBNK4gB4QUQ?si=gwecYynxWeTjjnhd) is straight up horror and features a mix of live action and stop motion. All three elements that Švankmajer would later use in films like “Alice” (1988), “Faust” (1994) and “Little Otik” (2000)
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Listen you can’t have a Švankmajer film without at least one creepy thing happening, okay?
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“Picknick mit Weismann” is my favorite Jan Švankmajer short ever (https://youtu.be/sHkcUDyZF4g?si=DBFOLgV3R-GJGeyS)
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“Et Cetera” (1967) takes its inspiration from ancient petroglyphs and scroll art and is about the absurdity of man’s control. It’s one of Švankmajer’s few films that uses elements of traditional animation.
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Our second feature is a collection of early career shorts by Jan Švankmajer (https://youtu.be/GWTx_r9bCdc?si=iAtR_xgmDx8Ak9GX). Again, there aren’t any subtitles but there’s also essentially no dialogue so you don’t really need them.
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And now our first feature presentation: “The Last Trick” by Czechoslovakian artist and animator Jan Švankmajer (https://youtu.be/ZHlF2iULcuc?si=ZF-yXgjuxFlOmMiY). A combination of stop motion and live action slackstick, it’s his first film.
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Next, we have “Picnic with Weissmann” (1968) directed by Czech master of stop motion and #LaEsoterica mainstay Jan Švankmajer.
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Scene from Jan Švankmajer's "Otesánek"
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Read my review of 'Insect', Jan Švankmajer's last movie https://wp.me/pzHyu-6cW #animation #surrealism #jansvankmajer
#OnThisDate, October 25, Zahrada [The Garden] (Jan Švankmajer, 1968) is the #FilmDuJour. #Czechoslovakia #JanŠvankmajer #JiríHálek #LudekKopriva #ShortFilm #Surrealism #Satire #film #cinema #CineMastodon @film #1960s ★★★½
Back to my favourite coffee shop, Stooge in Hastings❤️ and getting the opportunity to expand my mind as they have a shelf full of books to read while having a drink. #books #transgender #animation #jansvankmajer #stooge #stoogecoffeeshop
