Eine Murul (Breakfast on the Grass): animation revisits an earlier animation based on famous painting
Priit Pärn and Mari Pakkas, “Eine Murul (Breakfast on the Grass)” (2011) Nothing like revisiting the scene of the crime when you want an idea for…
Priit Pärn
Northern European Films, Russian and Soviet Films
Exercises in Preparation for Independent Life: animated criticism of Soviet life and loss of childhood innocence and fun
Priit Pärn and Kulno Luhts, “Harjutusi iseseisvaks eluks / Exercises in Preparation for Independent Life” (1980) In typically insouciant style, animator Priit Pärn serves up another short…
Aeg Maha (Time Out): Soviet Estonian animation at its most surreal
Priit Pärn and Hille Kusk, “Aeg Maha / Time Out” (1984) “Aeg Maha” is animator Priit Pärn at his most defiantly surrealist best. The entire short…
Kolmnurk (The Triangle): delightfully surreal film about a husband, his wife and her midget lover
Priit Pärn, “Kolmnurk (The Triangle)” (1982) Yet another delightful animation short from this Estonian animator back in the 1980s and thankfully for a non-Estonian speaker like…
Northern European Films, Russian and Soviet Films
Eine Murul (Breakfast on the Grass): study of a dreary, run-down, post-industrial society
Priit Pärn and Hille Kuusk, “Eine Murul (Breakfast on the Grass)” (1987) Inspired by the Edouard Manet painting “Luncheon on the Grass”, this 25-minute short follows…