Jan Svankmajer - The Complete Short Films

Drawing on a tradition of Surrealism based in the capital of magic and alchemy, Prague, Jan Svankmajer uses a range of techniques, combining live action, puppet theatre, stop-motion and drawn animation, claymation, cut-outs, re-edited archive footage and montage. This collection spans almost 30 years, from 'The Last Trick' (1964) to 'Food' (1992). All the classics are included - 'Punch and Judy', 'The Flat', 'Jabberwocky', 'Dimensions of Dialogue', 'Down to the Cellar' and both versions of 'The Ossuary', alongside many British video premieres.

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)

Product details
Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, Black & White, PAL, Full Screen, Subtitled
Run time ‏ : ‎ 5 hours and 13 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ May 28, 2007
Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ French, English
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, English
Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Czech (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Studio ‏ : ‎ BFI DVD Publishing
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 3