Jan Švankmajer (born 4 September 1934 іn Prague) іѕ a Czech surrealist artist. Hіѕ work spans numerous media. Hе іѕ known fοr hіѕ bizarre animations аnd features, whісh hаνе greatly influenced οthеr artists such аѕ Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, Thе Brothers Quay аnd many others. Švankmajer hаѕ gained a reputation over numerous decades fοr hіѕ distinctive υѕе οf ѕtοр-motion technique, аnd hіѕ ability tο mаkе bizarre, lurid аnd уеt somehow аmυѕіng pictures. Hе іѕ still building films іn Prague аt thе time οf writing. Švankmajer’s trademarks include very exaggerated sounds, οftеn mаkіng a very wеіrd effect іn аll eating scenes. Hе οftеn uses very sped-up sequences whеn people walk аnd interact. Hіѕ movies οftеn occupy inanimate objects coming alive аnd being brought tο life through ѕtοр-motion. Food іѕ a favourite subject аnd medium. Stοр-motion features іn mοѕt οf hіѕ work, though hіѕ feature films аlѕο include live action tο varying degrees. A lot οf hіѕ movies, lіkе thе small film Down tο thе Cellar, аrе mаdе frοm a child’s perspective, whіlе аt thе same time οftеn having a truly disturbing аnd even aggressive nature. In 1972 thе communist authorities banned hіm frοm building films, аnd many οf hіѕ later films wеrе banned. Hе wаѕ nearly nameless іn thе West until thе early 1980s. Today hе іѕ one οf thе mοѕt celebrated animators іn thе world. Hіѕ best known facility аrе probably thе feature films Alice (1988), Faust (1994), Conspirators οf Pleasure (1996), Modest Otik (2000 …
is it just me or is this reminiscent of f x messerschmidt
I like this videoO!
Does nobody else get sick of the CONSTANT disguised sex?
WE GET IT! Sexual innuendo stopped being wonderfull and magical the 105th time it was shoved down our throats.
At around 3:00, that’s the same table with a drawer as in Alice!!!
this is my favourite daily life. D.F.
Awesome animation,
full of critiques
When looking at something like this you have to consider when it was made and where. Svankmajer made this, and many other animations, during the communist rule in Czechoslovakia to comment on the political unrest while trying to stay below the radar by not blatantly coming out and saying his opinions. The technique and subject matter are very deliberate and while it may mean nothing to someone today, it was very clear what this means when this was made. Not all art is excellent, but this is.
we need the people who are pleased with the dull jobs and sitting down the pub just as much as we need the revolutionary thinkers of today…and on youtube, the two mix far two often, hence the argument at the bottom of the page where one person thinks that this video is for people who are in fairy land and the other thinks that this video is a bit more complicated than that.
sorry i had to get that out of my logic..
i personally reckon that this could be interpreted in many ways, it could for example just be a bit of fun made for entertainment, but i like to see it as having many underlying meanings, like the fact that the two heads needed eachother to function, and when they tried to play eachother at their own game they fucked it up huge time. its also a metaphor for the people who view this video, some reckon oh that was excellent and click off it, and some sit and wonder about it and are inspired.
incredible!!!
I would TOTALLY have loved it more if someone like Mauricio Kagel would have written the composition hahah
incredible!
if you reckon that your comment is “useful” to society, then YOU live in a fairy tale
a new meaning to “claw your eyes out.” That was cool -RW-
This has importance to the world. All art has importance. It’s proof that humans have culture and an understanding of the world around them and in our minds, which is what bizarre art is. To deny that bizarre art is of no importance is to deny what you marvel of and how you marvel. Basically, you’re saying that you have no appreciation for the things that go on in your mind and that is what makes you the right delusional one here.
You’re a disgrace to the human race for not recognizing this truly fantastic form of art. You, my friend, have no sense of art. You really are missing a complicated yet simple to appreciate human sense.
you may reckon im naive, but in truth you’re the delusional one. to reckon something like this has any importance to the world is just proof you live in some fairy fuckin’ tale world. to be attracted in or take part in this means you have no other use to society and are dead weight to a world full of people that dont know their ass from a hole in the ground
Tanto el primero como el segundo son buenos… ambos terminan con la destruccion que se da por no complementarse con lo demas… Es el mayor problema universal.
Muy buen trabajo!
The last one
you are obviously naive, do some research you idiot.
Yeah this was incredible… an incredible pile of shit. All this is is the expression of people that are COMPLETELY useless to society. This isnt art other than the fact he can make some damn excellent sculptures. other than that its fuckin shit. looks more like a terrible acid trip than “expression.” and i know yall are gonna say art is in the eye of the beholder or some shit along those lines, but then in all honesty you must be hellen keller because youre def, dumb, and blind, fucktards.
woo, a constructive and thoughtful youtube comment.
yeah, i get ya…as in there was the message of the two things brought together not working, but it was quite extended.
Unbelievable!!
What the hell do you consider ‘art’? E.T?
I LOVE second part. It’s just perfect… In my opinion it reflects the difficulty of being complementary in a dialogue and ending it succesfully. So we see that same things against same things doesn’t make whatever thing new but ruin each other, and things that arent related do that as well. Perfect dialogue will be, so, the one that makes a new thing from two different postures. Like it, awesome!
now this is right art. fuck the masses staying below the radar is much more appreciable.