Jabberwocky: meditation on growing up, conforming and assuming adult responsibilities
Jan Svankmajer, “Jabberwocky / Zvahlav aneb Saticky Slameneho Huberta” (1971) Inspired by the Lewis Carroll
Tag: Czech and Slovak Films
Dimensions in Dialogue: three types of communication satirise society and politics
Jan Svankmajer, “Dimensions in Dialogue / Moznosti Dialogu” (1982) Hilarious three-part stop-motion animated film that
A Quiet Week in the House: becoming a voyeur to view, record and pass on news of desperate attempts to be free
Jan Svankmajer, “A Quiet Week in the House / Tichy tyden v dome” (1969) A strange
Tomorrow I’ll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea: exuberant science fiction time-travel comedy with a subversive message about lost opportunities and possibilities
Jindrich Polak, “Tomorrow I’ll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea / Zitra vstanu a
The Fall of the House of Usher / The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope (dir. Jan Svankmajer): two film shorts of fear, terror and oppression
Jan Svankmajer, “The Fall of the House of Usher” (1981), “The Pit, the Pendulum and
Eastern European Films | French and French-language Films
Fantastic Planet: absorbing animated science fiction film with important messages and ideas
René Laloux, “Fantastic Planet” / “La Planète Sauvage” (1973) A very absorbing animated science fiction
Ikarie XB-1: an early 1960’s space travel movie that boldly went where no space travel movie went before
Jindrích Polák, “Ikarie XB-1” (1963) A compelling early 1960’s science fiction gem from the old