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Title:

The ossuary [videorecording] : and other tales / Jan Svankmajer.

Format:

[videorecording] :

Publisher:

KimStim,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd. col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Magicians--Drama.
Don Juan (Legendary character)--Drama.--Drama.
Don Juan films.
Gardens--Drama.
Black Death.
Human remains (Archaeology)
Castles--Drama.
Soccer--Drama.
Sports spectators--Drama.
Violence--Drama.
Surrealism in motion pictures
Animated films.
Puppet films.
Experimental films.
Short films.
Films for the hearing impaired

Other Authors:

¿vankmajer, Jan, 1934-
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
KimStim, Inc.

Other Titles:

Last trick.
Don Juan.
Garden.
Historia naturae.
Johann Sebastian Bach.
Otrants Castle.
Darkness light darkness.
Manly games.

Notes:

A collection of short films produced 1964-1989. Title from container.

Contents:

Posledn©Ư trik pana Schwarcewalldea a pana Edgara = The last trick (1964, 11 min.) -- Don Sanche = Don Juan (1970, 31 min.) -- Zahrada = The garden (1968, 19 min.) -- Historia naturae, suita = Historia naturae (1967, 9 min.) -- Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasia G-moll = Johann Sebastian Bach (1965, 10 min.) -- Kostnice = The ossuary (1970, 10 min.) -- Otrantsk©ư z©Łmek = The Otrants Castle (1973-1979, 17 min.) -- Tma/Svetlo/Tma = Darkness light darkness (1989, 8 min.) -- Muzn©♭ hry = Manly games (1988, 12 min.)

Summary:

The last trick: two magicians compete attempt to out-do each other in an escalating competition ; Don Juan: chronicles the life of the title character ; The garden: a man visit's a friend in his garden and discovers some unusual practices ; Historia naturae: a study of various animal species ; Johann Sebastian Bach: an array of visual images accompany a pianist playing a piece by Bach ; The ossuary: a journey around the Sedlec Ossuary, a monument made of the skeletons of thousands of Black Death victims ; The Otrants Castle: a documentary-style story of a castle ; Darkness light darkness: the component parts of a human body go about reconstructing themselves into a whole ; Manly games: a spectator becomes drawn into an especially violent game of football.

Series:

KimStim collection

OCLC:

(OCoLC)71643860

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)