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; born 4 September 1934)

a Czech filmmaker and artist whose work spans several media
Jan Švankmajer is a Czech animator and filmmaker born in Prague
early influence on his later artistic development was a puppet theatre he was given for
Christmas as a child.

In your own words describe the technique of animation Jan Svankmajer used…

He uses very strange and disturbing content it is unusal and odd something that
people would class as weird and creepy what was the reason he made this
How did Svankmajer's visuals make you feel?
Did you enjoy them? Did you not enjoy them?
What did you think the film was about?

Civilization and human growth

As Jan Svankmajer was experimental in his animation do you think we can see any
influence of his work in animation today.

No animation is more advanced these days we don’t see much of people doing
work like his anymore.

JAN SVANKMAJER