Stephen Quay Movies
- 2019
The Doll's Breath
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Afraid of losing his wife, Horatio creates a replica he calls Hortensia. But things don't go as planned... Shot on 35mm and propelled by an...
- 1983
Janáček: Intimate Excursions
Janáček: Intimate Excursions51983HD
Janacek: Intimate Excursions is a short experimental documentary that attempts to find visual references in the correspondence of Leos Janacek, the...
- 2017
The Music of Zdeněk Liška
The Music of Zdeněk Liška82017HD
One of the best Czech composers of film soundtracks is often described as a genius of film scores. He was not afraid to experiment and the...
- 2010
Maska
Maska72010HD
"Maska" is the latest animated film of Quay brothers, directors and puppet animators, with the music composed by Krzysztof Penderecki. The film is an...
- 1985
This Unnameable Little Broom
This Unnameable Little Broom6.11985HD
Stop-motion animated short film in which a puppet on a trike captures a puppet bird-man.
- 1981
The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode
The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode61981HD
Using the tricks of the Flemish playwright's own trade--puppetry, masks, and a Breughelesque sense of bizarre carnival, the collaborators succeeded...
- 1988
Stille Nacht I: Dramolet
Stille Nacht I: Dramolet6.31988HD
A magnet moves on a floor. A moth beats against a window. A doll child watches the magnet; threads of metal filings gather around the magnet.
- 1981
A Fratricide
A Fratricide01981HD
A man murders his brother in a crime of jealous passion. An adaptation of Franz Kafka's short story of the same name.
- 2003
Songs for Dead Children
Songs for Dead Children52003HD
Another short, grainy film from the Quay Brothers. This one has funny singing in it.
- 1991
The Comb
The Comb6.71991HD
A porcelain doll’s explorations of a dreamer’s imagination.
- 1993
Anamorphosis
Anamorphosis6.51993HD
The Quays' interest in esoteric illusions finds its perfect realization in this fascinating animated lecture on the art of anamorphosis. This...
- 1988
Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies
Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies6.51988HD
Stop-motion animated short film in which, among other things, a man made of wire looks malevolent.
- 2006
The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"
The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"02006HD
An Interview with The Quay Brothers & Alan Passes April 2006 at Atelier Konick, London
- 2021
VadeMecum
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VadeMecum is a new short produced by the Palme d’Or-nominated animators Stephen and Timothy Quay. The film shows the life and works of Polish...
- 1993
Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods
Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods5.9381993HD
Near an extraordinary chair with many legs, a hand is visible gripping an edge. The hand is weathered, the fingers cracked and scarred. The end of a...
- 2011
Behind the Scenes with the Quay Brothers
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This short documentary documents the making of the film the Quay Brothers shot at, and on the subject of, the Mütter Museum of The College of...
- 2021
11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem
11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem02021HD
To mark the centenary of the great science fiction writer, Stanislaw Lem, we present this tribute by the legendary stop motion animators Stephen and...
- 2013
Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.
Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.6.12013HD
In a realm beyond the senses, plants interact with surreal cinematography to chart the course of our character: an entity said to embody the life and...
- 1995
The Summit
The Summit5.51995HD
Two men seek to negotiate an agreement of international significance.
- 1993
Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You
Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You6.7861993HD
Short animated film featuring the song "Can't Go Wrong Without You" by His Name Is Alive.