Jan Švankmajer (born 4 September 1934) is a Czech surrealist artist. His work spans several media. He is known for his surreal animations and features, which have greatly influenced other artists such as Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, The Brothers Quay, Shane Acker, Sir Tijn Po, and many others.
Meat Love is a short film directed and animated by Jan Švankmajer, released in 1989. It appears as a commercial in Švankmajer's feature-length film Otesánek. It has also been shown on MTV.
It depicts two slices of steak, personified as two individual beings with a consciousness, that become aware of each other and form a romantic relationship, showing the steaks dancing with one another. This soon leads to passionate love, exemplified by the steaks rolling around, passionately, on a plate of flour. Their passion is killed, however, when the steaks are placed in a frying pan.
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Ahhh had been trying to remember this guy's name! I wanted to show the First Diploma students this example:
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since they had the option to do a stop motion animation for one of their Units. Good stuff.
Wisq tajjeb lol. Qasamni bid-dahk. Qatt ma kont rajtu qabel, then again - tant hemm affarijiet x'tara li impossibbli tkun rajt kollox haha.
ReplyDeleteEh Svankmajer, you never cease to amaze me.