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| M09-TALK AND SCREENING moves classics presents Jan Svankmajer (cert. 15) | .jpg) moves classics opens with a special hommage to Czech surrealist master Jan Svankmajer. Introduced by specialist Michael Brooke. | 25 April 2009, 17:25, Cornerhouse screen 2, Manchester
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M09-TALK AND SCREENING moves classics presents Jan Svankmajer (cert. 15)
moves partners with the BFI to launch moves classics, celebrating the work of Czech Surrealist master Jan Svankmajer. Michael Brooke, editor of the most comprehensive DVD collection ever assembled of 26 short films by this legendary filmmaker-animator, gives a one-hour introduction to his curated programme. Includes must-see The Death of Stalinism and Dimensions of Dialogue.
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£10/£8 (includes talk and screening) To book contact Cornerhouse at 0161 200 1500
If you are interested in this event, you may also be interested in the other events of Kinetic Cinema, our strand dedicated to experimental film.
Please note that films are shown in alphabetical order, which does not reflect the screening order.
Events/Screening:
25 April 2009, 17:25, Cornerhouse screen 2, Manchester
| M09-Dimensions of Dialogue |  Three startling non-verbal conversations soon crumble into chaos. | |
| M09-Leonardo's Diary | | Animated recreations of Da Vinci's drawings with a subversive modern spin. | |
| M09-The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia | Svankmajer's most political film, with an overview of his country's history after the Second World War.
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| M09-The Flat | | A mysterious, Kafkaesque place where natural laws no longer apply. | |
| M09-The Last Trick | | Two conjurors compete with each other using increasingly destructive methods. | |
| M09-The Ossuary |  A hallucinatory portrait of the Sedlec Ossuary, whose decorations are made from the bones of 50,000 medieval plague victims. | |
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