"Jan Svankmajer: The Ossuary and Other Tales"
1964-1988
Directed by Jan Svankmajer

Essentially the third volume of collected shorts by Czech animator Jan Svankmajer, this masterful anthology contains dark, surreal works that display the filmmaker's unique combination of puppets, actors, and stop-motion animation. Macabre, witty, and perverse, the collection includes the following short films: The Last Trick (1964, 12 minutes), Don Juan (1970, 31 minutes), The Garden (1968, 19 minutes), Historia Naturae (1967, 9 minutes), Johann Sebastian Bach (1965, 10 minutes), The Ossuary (1970, 10 minutes), The Otrants Castle (1973-1979, 17 minutes), Darkness Light Darkness (1989, 8 minutes), and Manly Games (1988, 12 minutes). Czech with English subtitles.  118 minutes.