Renaissance

1963
10m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

530

YOUR RATING

Animation Short

To the sound of trumpets, a collection of pulverised antique bric-a-brac begins to reassemble itself, revealing a stuffed owl, a cornet, a hamper, books, a doll, a plate - and a bomb...To the sound of trumpets, a collection of pulverised antique bric-a-brac begins to reassemble itself, revealing a stuffed owl, a cornet, a hamper, books, a doll, a plate - and a bomb...To the sound of trumpets, a collection of pulverised antique bric-a-brac begins to reassemble itself, revealing a stuffed owl, a cornet, a hamper, books, a doll, a plate - and a bomb...

Director
- Walerian Borowczyk
Writer
- Walerian Borowczyk

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

530

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Trivia
Awards: Special Prize at the "rournées Internationales du Court Métrage de Tours" (1963).

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Early Boro

Renaissance was one of the remarkable shorts which made Borowczyk the darling of he heavy weight critics in the sixties. They were hard pressed to justify this stand when he turned into a career soft porn director but that is another story.

This one is a black and white stop motion one reeler in which the objects in a room reconstitute themselves after what we realise is an explosion. Dolls, furniture and assorted objects. It is not hard to make out an argument for this as the point of departure for the work of Jan Svankmajer and the Brothers Quay. The scratch and rustle sound track is another clue.

The technique is impeccable and the amount of work involved (shooting backwards ?) must have been extraordinary.

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