The Short Films of Jan Švankmajer: 1988-1992

Czech film-maker Jan Švankmajer (1934-Present) is one of the great surrealist artists of the 20th century. His work combines animation, claymation and other cinematic wizardry into films that are evocative, emotionally resonant, beautiful and occasionally disgusting. These are his most recent short films, including some of his most accomplished work. It is a period where his art and technique are informed by the younger artists whose own careers had been inspired by Švankmajer - Terry Gilliam, Shinya Tsukamoto, David Lynch and Tim Burton to name but a few.

His cult classic early feature films, Alice (1988) and Faust (1994) come from this period. Švankmajer continues to produce stunning movies, Conspirators of Pleasure (Spiklenci slasti) (1996) was followed by Little Otik (Otesánek) (2000) and Lunacy (Šílení) (2005), and this year he will be releasing his latest - Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) (2010)

▼ 1988: The Male Game (Mužné hry)

▼ 1988: Another Kind of Love - music video for Hugh Cornwell

▼ 1988: Meat Love (Zamilované Maso)

▼ 1989: Darkness/Light/Darkness (Tma, světlo, tma)

▼ 1989: Flora

▼ 1990: The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia (Konec stalinismu v Čechách)

▼ 1992: Food (Jídlo)