Distributed by Krátký Film Praha Music director Jan Klusák | Written by Jan Švankmajer Edited by Helena Lebdusková Release date 1982 (1982) Screenplay Jan Švankmajer Cinematography Vladimír Malík | |
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Initial release 17 September 1992 (New York City) Awards Golden Bear Award for Best Short Film Similar Darkness - Light - Darkness, Meat Love, Down to the Cellar, The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia, Food | ||
Dimensions of Dialogue (Czech: Možnosti dialogu) is a 1982 Czechoslovak animated short film directed by Jan Švankmajer. It is 14 minutes long and created with stop motion.
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Plot
The animation is divided into three sections. "Eternal conversation" (Dialog věcný) shows Arcimboldo-like heads gradually reducing each other to bland copies; "Passionate discourse" (Dialog vášnivý) shows a clay man and woman who dissolve into one another sexually, then quarrel and reduce themselves to a frenzied, boiling pulp; and "Exhaustive discussion" (Dialog vyčerpávající) consists of two elderly clay heads who extrude various objects on their tongues (toothbrush and toothpaste; shoe and shoelaces, etc.) and intertwine them in various combinations.
Accolades
Dimensions of Dialogue won 3 major awards in 1983: the Grad Prix from the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, and the Golden Bear for Best Short Film, and the C.I.D.A.L.C. Award (Honorable Mention) from the Berlin International Film Festival. It was also selected by Terry Gilliam as one of the ten best animated films of all time.
