Unsurpassed in his tactile, uncanny approach to experimental animation, surrealist Czech master Jan Svankmajer's films have inspired a generation of directors, including Tim Burton and The Brothers ...

For the past 40 years, Jan Svankmajer (Faust, Conspirators of Pleasure) has been hailed as one of cinema's most consistently surprising, wildly imaginative, and remarkable surrealists of our time.

It's not entirely accurate to dub Czech filmmaker Jan Svankmajer an "animator," because his surreal, collage-like shorts and features combine live-action with a variety of puppetry styles and special ...