Stephen Quay Movies

  • 1986
    Street of Crocodiles

    Street of Crocodiles

    Street of Crocodiles

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    A puppet, newly released from his strings, explores the sinister room in which he finds himself.

    Street of Crocodiles
  • 2021
    VadeMecum

    VadeMecum

    VadeMecum

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    VadeMecum is a new short produced by the Palme d’Or-nominated animators Stephen and Timothy Quay. The film shows the life and works of Polish...

    VadeMecum
  • 2006
    The Making of

    The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"

    The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"

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    An Interview with The Quay Brothers & Alan Passes April 2006 at Atelier Konick, London

    The Making of
  • 2015
    The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin

    The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin

    The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin

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    Guy Maddin, who has been nicknamed the Canadian David Lynch, is undoubtedly one of the last remaining Magi of cinema. Despite living in the middle of...

    The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
  • 1992
    Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?

    Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?

    Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?

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    Stop-motion animated short film with a white ball, a rabbit, and a girl, and a voice singing "Are We Still Married".

    Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?
  • 1984
    The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film

    The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film

    The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film

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    The original 54-minute documentary, as broadcast by Channel Four on 20 June 1984, after which the animated links by the Quay Brothers were recompiled...

    The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
  • 1989
    Ex Voto

    Ex Voto

    Ex Voto

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    An extremely obscure minute-long short by the Brothers Quay in 1989. Animation appears to be done in 'Cutout' style, is abstract and plotless - more...

    Ex Voto
  • 1981
    The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode

    The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode

    The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode

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    Using the tricks of the Flemish playwright's own trade--puppetry, masks, and a Breughelesque sense of bizarre carnival, the collaborators succeeded...

    The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode
  • 1982
    Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929

    Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929

    Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929

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    Igor: The Paris Years, one segment of a larger biographical program created for Channel 4 on the life and times of Igor Stravinsky, finds the...

    Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929
  • 2007
    Alice in Not So Wonderland

    Alice in Not So Wonderland

    Alice in Not So Wonderland

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    The story of Alice in Wonderland, explored in the stop-motion world of the Quay brothers.

    Alice in Not So Wonderland
  • 2001
    Stille Nacht V: Dog Door

    Stille Nacht V: Dog Door

    Stille Nacht V: Dog Door

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    Tom Waits, the brothers Quay, and a dog door.

    Stille Nacht V: Dog Door