Synopsis:
An alarm clock wakes a man who washes his face, has breakfast, drives his car to work, spins records, returns home, and takes his pills. It’s a world of circles – often seen from above: an espresso cup, a stairwell, the pills, and the records spinning. At the dance where the music plays, the rhythms evoke images of a butcher slicing head cheese, gears driving other wheels and levers, a combine churning out bales of hay, a butcher cutting chunks of meat for a stew, and boxers punching. The circle of music and life
- Director:
- Jiří Barta
- Year:
- 1981
- Country:
- Czech Republic, Slovakia
- Running time:
- 9 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Cut-Out Animation, Mixed media
- Production type:
- Professional
- Script writer:
- Jiří Barta
- Music composer:
- Petr Skoumal
- Editor:
- Věra Benešová
- Production:
- Krátky Film Praha-Studio Studio Jiřího Trnky
- Genres:
- Experimental, Non-narrative
- Tags:
- Crazy, Surreal, Mental health, Transformation, Dreams, Poetic, Minimalist
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- Cannes Film Festival
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