Dimensions of Dialogue
| Dimensions of Dialogue | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jan Švankmajer |
| Written by | Jan Švankmajer |
| Cinematography | Vladimír Malík |
| Edited by | Helena Lebdušková |
| Music by | Jan Klusák |
| Distributed by | Krátký Film Praha |
Release date |
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Running time | 14 minutes |
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
Dimensions of Dialogue (Czech: Možnosti dialogu, lit.: Possibilities of Dialogue) is a 1983 Czechoslovak animated short film directed by Jan Švankmajer. It is 14 minutes long and created with stop motion.
Plot
[edit]The animation is divided into three sections. Objective Dialogue (Dialog věcný) shows Arcimboldo-like heads gradually reducing each other to bland copies; Passionate Dialogue (Dialog vášnivý) shows a clay man and woman who dissolve into one another sexually, then quarrel and reduce themselves to a frenzied, boiling pulp; and Exhaustive Dialogue (Dialog vyčerpávající) consists of two elderly clay heads who extrude various objects on their tongues (toothbrush and toothpaste; shoe and shoelaces, etc.) and intertwine them in various combinations.[2]
Reception
[edit]Terry Gilliam selected the film as one of the ten best animated films of all time.[3]
Awards
[edit]- Annecy International Animated Film Festival 1983 – Won Grand Prix
- Berlin International Film Festival 1983 – Won Golden Bear for Best Short Film, C.I.D.A.L.C. Award (Honorable Mention)
References
[edit]- ^ Švankmajer, Jan (2014-03-27). Touching and Imagining: An Introduction to Tactile Art. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9780857735300.
- ^ Re-animating the Lost Objects d'Childhood and the Everyday: Jan Svankmajer
- ^ Gilliam, Terry (April 27, 2001). "Terry Gilliam Picks the Ten Best Animated Films of All Time". The Guardian.
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