Here is Jiri Trnka’s animated puppet film The Hand. My brother forwarded me this video through a really great post at Seksuvision:
“Ruka (aka The Hand) (1965) is [Trnka's] last film he made before his death in 1969 and reflects Trnka’s own struggle to create art under a totalitarian regime. Sadly, it was banned by the regime he worked under after his death. However, it is currently available for purchase in the U.S. as part of this DVD compilation.”
Here is the video:
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July 3, 2007 at 10:30 pm
Tom Morgan
In the late 60″s I was the projectionist for a film course at Hofstra University I showed this film and never forgot it. I never thought I’d see it again. It is just as powerful today as it was in then.
July 13, 2007 at 3:20 pm
Short: From Behind « videos of puppets
[...] of stuff, even though it’s not exactly puppeteering I guess. I think I decided already with Trnka’s The Hand that stop-animation puppets count as “videos of puppets.” I originally found this [...]