Jan Švankmajer : the complete short films.
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FilmLanguage: czk Original language: czk Subtitle language: English Publication details: [London] : BFI, 2007.Description: 3 videodiscs (313 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (51 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)Other title: - Complete short films
- Director, Jan Švankmajer.
| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Video Recording | Carleton University, AVRC | SP456 - Collections Room | DVD-02725 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 16050275440 |
Originally produced as motion pictures from 1964-1992.
All films have an aspect ratio of 1.33:1 except for J.S. Bach - Fantasia g-Moll, which is 2.35:1.
Includes an illustrated booklet with full credits and detailed notes on each film by leading Švankmajer experts.
disc 1: Early shorts 1964-72. Poslední trik pana Schwarcewalldea a pana Edgara = The last trick (1964, col., 11 min.) -- J.S. Bach -- Fantasia g-Moll = J.S. Bach -- fantasy in G minor (1965, b & w, 9 min.) -- Spiel mit Steinen = A game with stones (1965, col., 9 min) -- Rakvičkárna = Punch and Judy (1966, col., 10 min.) -- Et cetera (1966, col., 7 min.) -- Historia naturae, suita (1967, col. 9 min.) -- Zahrada = The garden (1968, b & w, 16 min.) -- Byt = The flat (1968, b & w, 13 min.) -- Piknick mit Weissmann = Picnic with Weissmann (1968, col., 11 min.) -- Tichy týden v domě = A quiet week in the house (1969, part col., 19 min.) -- Don Šajn = Don Juan (1969, col., 31 min.) Kostnice = The ossuary (1970, b & w, 10 min.) -- Žvahlav aneb šaticky Slaměného Huberta = Jabberwocky (1971, col., 13 min.) -- Leonardův deník = Leonardo's diary (1972, part col., 11 min.).
disc 2: Late shorts 1979-92. Otrantský zámek = The castle of Otranto (1979, part col., 17 min.) -- Zánik domu Usherů = The fall of the house of Usher (1980, b & w, 15 min.) -- Možnosti dialogu = Dimensions of dialogue (1982, col., 11 min.) -- Do pivnice = Down to the cellar (1983, col., 15 min.) -- Kyvadlo, jáma a naděje = The pendulum, the pit and hope (1983, b & w, 14 min.) -- Mužné hry= Virile games (1988, col., 14 min.) -- Another kind of love (1988, col., 4 min.) -- Zamilované maso = Meat love (1988, col., 1 min.) -- Tma-světlo-tma = Darkness-light-darkness (1989, col., 7 min.) -- Flora (1989, col., 30 sec.) -- Konec staliniasmu v Čechách = The death of Stalinism in Bohemia (1990, col., 9 min.) -- Jídlo = Food (1992, col., 16 min.).
disc 3: Johanes Doktor Faust (1958, col., 17 min.) -- Adéla ještě nevečeřela = Nick Carter in Prague (1977, col., 5 min. of excerpts) -- The cabinet of Jan Švankmajer (1984, col., 57 min. including Quay Brothers introduction) -- Les chimères des Švankmajer (2001, col., 58 min) -- Příběhy obrazů a soch = Czech TV interview / with Jan and Eva Švankmajer (2001, col. 9 min.).
BBFC rating: 15 classification.
DVD, region 2.
Optional English subtitles.
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