When Jan Švankmajer introduces his film by describing it as a "psychoanalytical comedy, but one you won’t find particularly funny", it was probably meant as a joke but it turns out to be accurate. The mixture of live action and Gilliamesque animation starts off as an interesting hook and offers many moments of surrealist humour. As the film moves on the same techniques get rolled out again and again and it all starts to feel quite repetitive and hard to maintain interest. The psychoanalytic parts went over my head and didn't offer much to really get hold of. Ultimately the entire film is just too long and you're left thinking that much more could have been done in a series of shorter films.
February 08, 2015 at 08:59PM
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