Jan Švankmajer

Lunacy
7.3

Lunacy

Nov. 17, 2005

Lunacy

Loosely based on two short stories by Edgar Allan Poe and inspired by the works of the Marquis de Sade. In 19th century France a young man is ...
Conspirators of Pleasure
7.4

Conspirators of Pleasure

Six outwardly average individuals have elaborate fetishes they indulge with surreptitious care. A mousy letter carrier makes dough balls she ...
Faust
7.4

Faust

Sep. 10, 1994

Faust

A very free adaptation of Marlowe’s ‘Doctor Faustus’, Goethe’s ‘Faust’ and various other treatments of the ...
Food
8.1

Food

Jun. 01, 1993

Food

BREAKFAST: After eating breakfast, a man is transformed into an elaborate dumb-waiter-style breakfast dispenser – and the same fate befalls ...
Darkness, Light, Darkness
7.9

Darkness, Light, Darkness

A human body gradually reconstructs itself as its various component parts crowd themselves into a small room and eventually, after much ...
Meat Love
7.1

Meat Love

Jan. 01, 1989

Meat Love

Two meaty characters meet, fall in love, and exprience a heartbreaking ending to their love story.
Alice
7.5

Alice

Aug. 03, 1988

Alice

A quiet young English girl named Alice finds herself in an alternate version of her own reality after chasing a white rabbit. She becomes ...
Down to the Cellar
7.6

Down to the Cellar

Oct. 31, 1983

Down to the Cellar

A little girl goes down to the basement cellar to fetch some potatoes, and finds all her hidden fears about the cellar depicted in animated form.
Jabberwocky
7.2

Jabberwocky

Jan. 01, 1971

Jabberwocky

In stop-motion animation, a wardrobe moves through the countryside. It arrives in a house, a child’s voice recites Lewis Carroll’s ...
The Ossuary
7.1

The Ossuary

Jan. 01, 1970

The Ossuary

A non-narrative voyage round Sedlec Ossuary, which has been constructed from over 50,000 human skeletons (victims of the Black Death).