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The Brothers Quay collection ten astonishing short films, 1984-1993
Title
The Brothers Quay collection [videorecording] : ten astonishing short films, 1984-1993 / Kino International ; a Zeitgeist Films release.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Kino on Video, c2000.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Short films produced between 1984 and 1993.
DVD features include: "Nocturna Artificialia" (21 minutes, 1979), the first Brothers Quay short ; original theatrical trailer for the Quay Brothers feature Institute Benjamenta ; interview with the Brothers Quay.
Directors, Brothers Quay ; producer, Keith M. Griffiths.
Summary
The Brothers Quay create puppet animation, where decaying dolls, primitive machinery, and other found objects interact in an expressionist world of ultra-reality.
Variant and related titles
Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer.
Epic of Gilgamesh.
Street of crocodiles.
Rehearsals for extinct anatomies.
Dramolet.
Comb.
Anamorphosis.
Are we still married?
Tales from the Vienna Woods.
Can't go wrong without you.
Stille nacht.
Nocturna artificialia.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Credits
Directors, Brothers Quay ; producer, Keith M. Griffiths.
System details note
DVD.
Contents
Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer / Quay brothers (1984, 14 min.)
Epic of Gilgamesh or This unnameable little broom / Quay brothers (1985, 11 min.)
Street of crocodiles / Quay brothers (1986, 21 min.)
Rehearsals for extinct anatomies / Quay brothers (1987, 14 min.)
Dramolet (Stille Nacht I) / Quay brothers (1988, 1 min.)
Comb (from the Museums of Sleep) / Quay brothers (1991, 17 min.)
Artificiali Perspectiva or Anamorphosis / Quay brothers (1991, 15 min.)
Are we still married? (Stille Nacht II) / Quay brothers (1991, 3 min)
Tales from the Vienna Woods (Stille Nacht III) / Quay brothers (1992, 3 min.)
Can't go wrong without you (Stille Nacht IV) / Quay brothers (1993, 3 min.)
Nocturna Artificialia / Quay brothers (1979, 21 min.).
Videorecording number
K170 DVD Kino International
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