Animation / Short
Czechoslovakia,
1966, 8 min
Directed by:
Jan ŠvankmajerScreenplay:
Jan ŠvankmajerCinematography:
Jiří ŠafářComposer:
Zdeněk LiškaPlots(1)
A pellucid film by the great animator, Jan Svankmajer. In three short episodes - The Wings, The Whip and The House - the plot of which is a vicious circle, the author testifies the vain effort of man to break the circle of one's fate. For example in the episode named The Whip a man is taming an animal with a whip. The more "human-like" is the animal, the more "beast-like" is the man. In the end the man becomes a beast and the beast becomes a man. The animal-man takes the whip and everything is repeated. Et cetera ... et cetera ... et cetera. (official distributor synopsis)
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