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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Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Tales of the Brothers Quay

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,051, 11 September 2015, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$35,275, 13 September 2015

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

78 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

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

User Reviews

Haunting

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.

Brothers Quay Collection features something in the order of a dozen stop-motion shorts of the nightmarish persuasion. The images are disturbing, haunting, frightening, mainly I think because they seem to strike a chord in the viewer that seldom resonates but is there.

I rented this on a lark, being a fan of animation in general and came away totally impressed. I believe the videos by Tool were mere knock-offs with only stylistic similarities that don't even begin to scratch the surface of this stuff. Prepare for something thought-provoking (without pretension), ultimately frustratingly difficult to decipher.Like another viewer admitted, I find myself lost: there is a much deeper meaning to all of this running just below the surface, if only Icould just figure it all out! Though self-defeating, I would've loved a commentary track on this DVD!

Oh, and the included documentary on art history, and the hidden images and messages in renaissance paintings is a nice parable to the hidden meanings of their works and will interest most anyone.