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NumberNineDream · 07-24-2010, 09:27 AM

THE OSSUARY (1970) by Jan Švankmajer

Jan Švankmajer is a Czech surrealist artist. One of the great influences for directors like Terry Gilliam and Tim Burton.

He was asked to make a documentary about the Sedlec Ossuary, a chapel in the Czech Republic all made out of human bones. From this came this awesomely nightmarish short The Ossuary , with jazz arrangement by Zdeněk Liška of the poem "Comment dessiner le portrait d'un oiseau" ("How to Draw the Portrait of a Bird") by Jacques Prévert.

Enjoy.

Edit: Thought I'd add in a bit of his fictional work, with a montage made from his feature film Alice (1988), an adaptation of Lewis Carroll's masterpiece Alice's adventures in Wonderland.

GODSPEED YOU ALICE

Music by Godspeed you Black Emperor!

Enjoy II.

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