Manly Games

Muzne hry

15 minutes, 35 mm, colour, 1988
Other
Audience: adults
Commentary: none

Producer: KF a.s. - Jiri Trnka Studio
Director: Jan Svankmajer
Designer: Jan Svankmajer

A humourous story about soccer that rather resembles a tough fight than a sport game. The end -- the victory -- justifies the means. The film is shot using a rare method of pixilation, i.e. the animation of human actors. This technique is then combined with clay animation and the use of archive documentary shots.

All films directed by Jan Svankmajer:
Coffin Factory • Darkness, Light, Darkness • Dimensions of Dialogue • Et cetera • The Fall of The House of Usher • The Flat • Manly Games • The Otrants Castle • The Pendulum, the Pit and the Hope • A Quiet Week in a House

All films designed by Jan Svankmajer:
Coffin Factory • Darkness, Light, Darkness • Dimensions of Dialogue • Et cetera • The Fall of The House of Usher • The Flat • Manly Games • The Otrants Castle • The Pendulum, the Pit and the Hope • A Quiet Week in a House