Darkness Light Darkness (1990)
"Tma/Svetlo/Tma" (original title)

A human body gradually reconstructs itself as its various component parts crowd themselves into a small room and eventually, after much experimentation, sort out which part goes where.

Director:

Jan Svankmajer

Writer:

Jan Svankmajer

3 wins.

Storyline

A human body gradually reconstructs itself as its various component parts crowd themselves into a small room and eventually, after much experimentation, sort out which part goes where.

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Plot Keywords:

room | stop motion | surrealism | body part | clay animation | 

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Genres:

Animation | Short | Comedy | Fantasy

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Details

Country:

Czechoslovakia

Language:

Czech

Release Date:

18 January 1991 (USA)

Also Known As:

Darkness Light Darkness

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

6 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

User Reviews

DARKNESS, LIGHT, DARKNESS (Jan Svankmajer, 1989) ***

An inventive, even witty Svankmajer short (lasting 6 minutes) which basically sees the various disembodied components of the human body converging inside a low-ceilinged house(!) on their way to assembling the whole. Sometimes, though, it seems they're not quite sure how it's all supposed to turn out – as ever more organs knock at the door demanding entry; the biggest laugh unsurprisingly involves male genitalia as a very loud thud is heard prior to its (unimpressive) appearance! The claymation effects, naturally, are splendid and the results are delightful and striking enough (even at this modest scale, compared to the feature-length ALICE [1988], to which it's been attached on DVD) to definitely make me interested in checking out more of this celebrated animator's work.