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Jan Švankmajer - The Complete Short Films R2 UK
Title: Jan Švankmajer - The Complete Short Films
Country: UK
Region: R2
Releasing Studio: BFI
Case Type: 3-disc wallet in slipcase
Aspect Ratio: Multi Aspect Ratio
Anamorphic?:
PAL or NTSC?: PAL
Soundtracks:
- Czech Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles: English, English HoH, None
Cuts: None
Duration:
Commentaries:
- None
Extras:
Notes:
- Extras also include subtitles
- The last short "Food" is in stereo. I haven't checked all the others, but I suspect most or all of them are mono. Even "Another Kind of Love" (a music video) appears to be mono.
ASIN: B000PE0JAW
Sources:
- I borrowed the DVD from a friend
- http://film.thedigitalfix.com/content/i ... films.html
- http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDRevie ... _films.htm
- http://shop.bfi.org.uk/jan-vankmajer-th ... luray.html
Disc One: Early Shorts 1964 – 72
The Last Trick (1964) (11:19) (4:3)
J.S. Bach – Fantasy in G Minor (1965) (9:26) (2.35:1 anamorphic)
A Game With Stones (1965) (8:36) (4:3)
Punch and Judy (1966) (9:54) (4:3)
Et Cetera (1966) (6:58) (4:3)
Historia Naturae (Suita) (1967) (8:38) (4:3)
The Garden (1968) (16:09) (4:3)
The Flat (1968) (12:34) (4:3)
Picnic With Weissman (1968) (10:41) (4:3)
A Quiet Week in the House (1969) (19:13) (4:3)
Don Juan (1969) (31:20) (4:3)
The Ossuary (1970) (10:06) (4:3) (This film originally had a voiceover by a tour guide that was banned and replaced by a musical score composed by Zdeněk Liška. Both soundtracks are on the DVD)
Jabberwocky (1971) (13:20) (4:3)
Leonardo’s Diary (1972) (11:15) (4:3)
Play options:
- individual
- play all
- by theme
Disc Two: Late Shorts 1979 – 92
The Castle of Otranto (1979) (17:15) (4:3)
The Fall of the House of Usher (1980) (15:02) (4:3)
Dimensions of Dialogue (1982) (11:18) (4:3)
Down to the Cellar (1983) (14:44) (4:3)
The Pendulum, The Pit and Hope (1983) (14:20) (4:3)
Virile Games (1988) (14:01) (4:3)
Another Kind of Love (1988) (3:36) (4:3) (music video for a song by Hugh Cornwell)
Meat Love (1988) (1:07) (4:3)
Darkness - Light - Darkness (1989) (7:13) (4:3)
Flora (1989) (0:31) (4:3)
The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia (1990) (9:24) (4:3)
Food (1992) (16:22) (4:3)
Play options:
- individual
- play all
- by theme
Disc Three: Extras
Johanes Doktor Faust (The first film with Švankmajer in the credits (as puppeteer)) (Emil Radok, 1956) (17:22) (2.78:1 non-anamorphic)
Nick Carter in Prague (Švankmajer was the animator for this film which was made during a period when he was banned from making his own films) (Oldrich Lipský, 1977) (4:59 (selected clips from a 102-minute film)) (4:3)
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer (UK Channel 4 documentary, 1984) (53:36) (4:3) with separate introduction by the Quay Brothers (3:18)
Les Chimères des Švankmajer (French documentary, 2001) (58:18) (4:3)
Czech TV interview (2001) (8:58) (4:3)
Trailer for Švankmajer's full-length film "Lunacy" (2005) (3:04) (1.78:1 anamorphic)
In the case:
- 54-page booklet (sadly missing from "my" copy)
Unfortunately it is impossible to search for Švankmajer as director in the database, presumably because of the accent (e.g. searching for Švankmajer or Svankmajer as director will not find http://dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=4108). So perhaps "Jan Svankmajer - The Complete Short Films" without accent should be added as an AKA as the title, so that the search can find it.
US equivalents:
2003: Two separate DVDs were released by Image Entertainment:
- The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer Vol. 1
- The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer Vol. 2
2005: The above two DVDs were brought together in a single package (this time under the Kino brand):
- The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer
2006: A separate collection was released by Kino:
- Jan Svankmajer: The Ossuary and Other Tales
It looks like "Jabberwocky", "Leonardo's Diary" and "Another Kind of Love" are missing from these collections. "Jabberwocky" was on https://www.amazon.com/Cinema16-Europea ... B000UX6TNE in R1, but that's OOP. "Darkness - Light - Darkness" is also on the US release of http://dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=4108.
"Svankmajer" is without the accent in the US titles.
Title: The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer Vol. 1
Country: US
Region: R1
Releasing Studio: Image Entertainment
Case Type: Keep case
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Anamorphic?: No
PAL or NTSC?: NTSC
Soundtracks:
- Czech Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
Subtitles: English (presumably, not mentioned by the source)
Cuts: None
Duration:
Commentaries:
- None
Extras:
- Trailer for Švankmajer's full-length film "Little Otik"
- Jan Švankmajer art gallery
- Booklet containing "Essay: Filmmaker as Alchemist" about Švankmajer's career
- https://www.amazon.com/review/R6KJBZ0X3 ... hisHelpful suggests the poem "Economical Suicide" is also on this disc accompanied by sound effects and music - this is also mentioned at http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/displa ... hp?ID=7555 and (without the title) by http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s1654jan.html
- https://www.amazon.com/review/R6KJBZ0X3 ... hisHelpful suggests there is also a text biography and filmography on the disc
Notes:
ASIN: B000093NRA
Sources:
- http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/displa ... hp?ID=4892
Includes the following shorts:
A Game With Stones (1965) (9 mins)
Et Cetera (1966) (7 mins)
Punch and Judy (1966) (10 mins)
The Flat (1968) (13 mins)
Picnic With Weissmann (1968) (13 mins)
A Quiet Week in the House (1969) (19 mins)
The Fall of the House of Usher (1980) (5 mins)
Play options:
- individual
- play all
(years from the BFI list, durations from http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s1654jan.html)
Title: The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer Vol. 2
Country: US
Region: R1
Releasing Studio: Image Entertainment
Case Type: Keep case
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Anamorphic?: No
PAL or NTSC?: NTSC
Soundtracks:
- Czech Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
Subtitles: English (presumably, not mentioned by the source)
Cuts: None
Duration:
Commentaries:
- None
Extras:
- The Animator of Prague (BBC documentary, 1990, 30 mins)
- Jan Švankmajer art gallery
- Booklet containing poems by Švankmajer (one poem is also on the disc accompanied by sound effects and music, https://www.amazon.com/review/R6KJBZ0X3 ... hisHelpful suggests this poem is "In the Cellar")
- https://www.amazon.com/review/R6KJBZ0X3 ... hisHelpful suggests there is also a text biography and filmography on the disc
Notes:
ASIN: B000093NRB
Sources:
- http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/displa ... hp?ID=4978
Includes the following shorts:
Dimensions of Dialogue (1982) (12 mins)
Down to the Cellar (1983) (15 mins)
The Pendulum, The Pit, and Hope (1983) (16 mins)
Meat Love (1988) (1 min)
Flora (1989) (20 secs)
The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia (1990) (15 mins)
Food (1992) (17 mins)
Play options:
- individual
- play all
(years from the BFI list, durations from http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s1654jan.html)
Title: The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer
Country: US
Region: R1
Releasing Studio: Kino
Case Type: Keep case
Notes:
- The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer Vol 1 and The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer Vol 2 brought together in one package: contents are the same (but possibly without the booklets)
ASIN: B0009KA8JY
Sources:
- http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/displa ... hp?ID=7555
- http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s1654jan.html
Title: Jan Svankmajer: The Ossuary and Other Tales
Country: US
Region: R1
Releasing Studio: Kino
Case Type: Keep case
Aspect Ratio: Multi Aspect Ratio
Anamorphic?: No
PAL or NTSC?: NTSC
Soundtracks:
- Czech Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
Subtitles: English (optional)
Cuts: None
Duration:
Commentaries:
- None
Extras:
- text biography and filmography
Notes:
ASIN: B000GTJSAI
Sources:
- http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/displa ... hp?ID=8932
- http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/23922/ja ... her-tales/
Includes the following shorts:
The Last Trick (1964) (4:3)
Don Juan (1969) (4:3)
The Garden (1968) (4:3)
Historia Naturae (1967) (4:3)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1965) (I'm guessing from the sources that this is 1.66:1 non-anamorphic)
The Ossuary (1970) (4:3) (according to https://www.amazon.com/review/R17KW6N5M ... hisHelpful, this has the original banned tour guide voiceover, not the later musical score)
The Otrants Castle (1979) (4:3)
Darkness Light Darkness (1989) (4:3)
Manly Games (1988) (4:3) (= "Virile Games" on the BFI disc)
Play options:
- individual
- play all
(years from the BFI list)
