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"Jan Svankmajer: The Ossuary and
Other Tales"
1964-1988
Directed by Jan Svankmajer
Essentially the third volume of collected shorts by
Czech animator Jan Svankmajer, this masterful anthology contains dark,
surreal works that display the filmmaker's unique combination of puppets,
actors, and stop-motion animation. Macabre, witty, and perverse, the
collection includes the following short films: The Last Trick (1964,
12 minutes), Don Juan (1970, 31 minutes), The Garden (1968, 19
minutes), Historia Naturae (1967, 9 minutes), Johann Sebastian
Bach (1965, 10 minutes), The Ossuary (1970, 10 minutes), The
Otrants Castle (1973-1979, 17 minutes), Darkness Light Darkness
(1989, 8 minutes), and Manly Games (1988, 12 minutes). Czech with
English subtitles. 118
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