June 15-17, 2001 American Cinematheque Presents... The Bizaree, The Droll & The Occult: THE MAGICAL WORLD OF JAN SVANKMAJER Presented in association with the Czech Center, New York. In the old magicians books, they say that if we wish to exorcise a demon or a ghost, then we have to give them a name and I think that is precisely the method I use to get rid of my anxieties and fears. I give them ...

The Wager of a Militant Surrealist On Jan Svankmajer's The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia Wakagi AKATSUKA Copyright (c) 1998 by the Slavic Research Center. All rights reserved. -Summary- In 1990, the year after the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, Jan Svankmajer made The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia and subtitled it A work of Agitprop. As these titles plainly demonstrate, it is the most ...

Long review and selected credits for Jan Svankmajer Short Films. Jan Svankmajer is best known for his four features, Alice, Faust, Conspirators Of Pleasure and Little Otik. It is a...