Tales of the Brothers Quay (1987)

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Directors:

Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

experimental | surrealism | dada | avant garde | 

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Genres:

Animation | Documentary

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Did You Know?

Connections

Edited from Visions: The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer (1984)

User Reviews

Marvelous

After having read this from the previous poster...

>"Once again I'm surprised to see only a small handful of comments on IMDb for a film (or, collection of films, in this case) that deserves much more attention than it gets."<

I felt compelled to join the very small group of reviewers, out of solidarity. :-) I'm not going to try to analyze this unique work, it's far beyond my reach. Audiovisual evocative art is at its peak here, and when I meet such talent, I tend to keep my mouth shut (from absolute awe), which explains why I never commented on the Quay shorts despite I'm extremely fond of them.

So I'll just say that: I LOVE these shorts. They challenge me, upset me, scare the living daylights out of me, and make me feel like an ant with no artistic talent whatsoever (I'm a musician, and incidentally discovered the Quay brothers through a video for the band "His name is alive"). No, I'm not a masochist (*LOL*). This gives me inspiration, feeds my imagination and helps me carry on creating, taking risks, instead of just trying to be "good" at what I do. I find these animated pieces as weird and marvelous as my most wild dreams. And as frightening as my worst nightmares.

The only other audiovisual work (that I know of) that comes close in terms of oniric, dream-like substance is Lynch's "Eraserhead". I'd say any fan of Eraserhead MUST take a look at the Quay bros. shorts, and vice-versa. Kudos.

Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Tales of the Brothers Quay

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,051, 13 September 2015

Gross USA:

$35,275

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

78 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color