Jan Švankmajer
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Jan Švankmajer is a Czech retired filmmaker, animator, writer, playwright and artist. He draws and makes free graphics, collage, ceramics, tactile objects and assemblages. In the early 1960s, he explo
Švankmajer in 2024
Jan Švankmajer at his 2012 retrospective at Prague City Gallery
Jan Švankmajer, Mushroom (object), 1966
Natural Science, Tab. 1 (1973), etching
Alice (1988 film)
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Alice is a 1988 surrealist dark fantasy film written and directed by Jan Švankmajer. Its original Czech title is Něco z Alenky, which means "Something from Alice". It is a loose adaptation of Lewis Ca
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…Imagination) in five copies as a samizdat, summarising the results of his tactile experiments since 1974. He managed to secure money abroad for his project Alice, but the studios of Short Film and Barrandov were not interested in filming. At that time, the state had a monopoly on all film production. So he turned…
Czechoslovak theatrical release poster