Jan Švankmajer: The Complete Short Films (1964-92) (BFI) [3 DVD9s] [PAL]

'The world is divided into two unequal camps: whose who have never heard of Jan Svankmajer… and those who happen upon his work and know that they have come face to face with a genius.'
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker.

Featuring all 26 entries in the official filmography, this is the world's first complete DVD edition of the short films by the legendary Czech Surrealist filmmaker-animator Jan Svankamjer. Technically and conceptually astonishing in their own right, these films are also as remarkable for their philosophical consistency as for their frequently mind-boggling imagery.

This package also includes a bonus short, 'Johanes Doktor Faust' (1958), the longer cut of 'The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer' with a new introduction by the Quay Brothers, the documentary 'Les Chimeres des Svankamajer (2001), interviews Jan and Eva Svankmajer and examples of their work in other media. There's also a chance to see some Svankmajer special effects, created when he was banned from directing his own films.

Disc Features:
Disc One: Early Shorts 1964-1972
The Last Trick (1964)
J S Bach - Fantasy in G Minor (1965)
A Game with Stones (1965)
Punch and Judy (1966)
Et Cetera (1966)
Historia Naturae, Suita (1967)
The Garden (1968)
The Flat (1968)
Picnic with Weissmann (1968)
A Quiet Week in the House (1969)
Don Juan (1969)
The Ossuary (1970)
Jabberwocky (1971)
Leonardo's Diary (1972)

Disc Two: Late Shorts 1979-1992
The Castle of Otranto (1979)
The Fall of the House of Usher (1980)
Dimensions of Dialogue (1982)
Down to the Cellar (1983)
The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope (1983)
Virile Games (1988)
Another Kind of Love (1988)
Meat Love (1988)
Darkness - Light - Darkness (1989)
Flora (1989)
The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia (1990)
Food (1992)

Disc Three: Extras
* Johanes Doktor Faust (Emil Radok, 1958)
* Nick Carter in Prague (Oldrich Lipsk, 1977 excerpts)
* The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer (Keith Griffiths, 1984)
* Les Chimres des Svankmajer (Bertrand Schmitt/Michel Leclerc, 2001)
* Czech TV Interview (2001)
* Lunacy trailer (2005)

DVD:
DVD RELEASE: 2007
STUDIO: BFI
CATALOG: BFIVD632
SYSTEM: Pal
SCREEN: 1.33:1 (J S Bach.. & Johannes… 2.35:1)
COLOUR: Black & White/Colour
AUDIO: Czech, French and English (single track depending on film) Dolby Digital 2.0
SUBTITLES: English (soft) for non-English language features / English SDH for all features
RUNTIME (TOTAL): 313 mins (features) + 149 mins (extras)

Extraction:
ENGINE: DVD Decrypter
DVD: 3 Full Dual-Layer DVDs
FILE EXTENSION: .ISO (Image)
FILE SIZE: 7.78/5.64/6.72GBs
SCANS FILE SIZE (600 DPI PDF): 6MBs
SCANS FILE SIZE (600 DPI TIFF): 201MBs
TOTAL DVD FILE SIZE: 20.14GBs

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