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Dimensions of Dialogue
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Wikipedia article
'Dimensions of Dialogue' is a 1983 Czechoslovak animated short film directed by Jan vankmajer. It is 14 minutes long and created with stop motion.
Plot
The animation is divided into three sections. "Eternal conversation" (Dialog vn) shows Arcimboldo-like heads gradually reducing each other to bland copies; "Passionate discourse" (Dialog vniv) 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 vyerpvajc) 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.[http://sensesofcinema.com/2001/cteq/svankmajer/ Re-animating the Lost Objects d'Childhood and the Everyday: Jan Svankmajer]
Reception
Terry Gilliam selected the film as one of the ten best animated films of all time.
Awards
*Annecy International Animated Film Festival 1983 Won Grand Prix
*Berlin International Film Festival 1983 Won Golden Bear for Best Short Film, C.I.D.A.L.C. Award (Honorable Mention)
References
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