Monday, June 12, 2017

Dimensions of Dialogue

Dimensions of Dialogue is a 1982 award-winning stop motion animated Czechoslovakian short film directed by Jan Švankmajer. It's under 12 minutes long and is divided into 3 chapters. 3 very weird chapters.



Open Culture quotes Terry Gilliam:
Jan Svankmajer’s stop-motion work uses familiar, unremarkable objects in a way which is deeply disturbing. The first film of his that I saw was Alice, and I was extremely unsettled by the image of an animated rabbit which had real fur and real eyes. His films always leave me with mixed feelings, but they all have moments that really get to me; moments that evoke the nightmarish spectre of seeing commonplace things coming unexpectedly to life.

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  1. I really liked it. The first part reminded me of evolution. I may be a bit strange myself, but I was quite impressed with this one! I'm so glad you shared it.

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    1. Sometimes a bit of strangeness is just the thing, and it can set my mind into a different direction. I'm glad you liked it :)

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  2. Very weird! Makes me wonder where his mind goes--LOL! Seems to have quite violent thoughts.

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    1. Change can be very violent. The destruction of the old and the rising of the new. I think "weird" is the perfect way to describe his vision!

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