Dimensions of Dialogue

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1982

Production year

1982

Premiere

1 March 1986

Runtime

12 min

Category

film

Genre

parable

Typology

animatedtheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Možnosti dialogu

Czech title

Možnosti dialogu

English title

Dimensions of Dialogue

Working title

Dialogy

Summary

3 episodes – Content: Dialogue Perpetual: Two heads composed in the style of Archobold´s paintings. One is composed from vegitables and culinary utensils, the other from surgical utensils and from a boar. In the dialogue they consume each other and triturate themselves until the material is pulverized and a new head is born that reproduces other same clay heads. DIALOGUE PASSIONATE: Two clay characters - man and woman come step by step close to each other. After their passionate embrace and redismembering, a piece of clay remains that both of them reject. Their dialogue ends with hate to each other which ruins them both. DIALOGUE EXHAUSTIVE: Two clay heads dialogues in harmony with each other. They complement each other in their necessities: a slice of bread/ a knive with lard/ a tooth-brush/ a tooth-paste/ a pencil/ a pencil trimmer/ a shoe/ a shoe-lace. After a short hesitation there´s disharmony between them again that leads to their total destruction.

Crew and creators

Music

Music Composed by

Jan Klusák

Production info

Original Title

Možnosti dialogu

Czech Title

Možnosti dialogu

English Title

Dimensions of Dialogue

Working Title

Dialogy

Category

film

Typology

animatedtheatrical distribution

Genre

parable

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1982

Production Year

1982

Production specifications

withdrawal from distribution 31 January 1991

Premiere

premiere 1 March 1986 /inaccessible for youths/ (filmové kluby)
renewed premiere 22 March 1995 /recommended for 15 and over/
renewed premiere 19 June 1998 /suitable for all ages/

Distribution slogan

Three stories of interpersonal communication. (1986) / Project 100 – Spring 1995. (1995) / no caption (1998)

Distribution

Ústřední půjčovna filmů (původní 1986), Asociace českých filmových klubů (obnovená 1995 /Projekt 100 – Jaro 1995/), CinemArt (obnovená 1998), Profilm (obnovená 1998; programování)

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

12 min

Original length in metres

330 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 35mm

Animation technique

puppet, combined (technique), plasticine, animation of real objects

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

without dialogue

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Intertitles languages

Czech

Opening/End credits languages

Czech

Awards

Vítěz

Event: Anketa amerického časopisu Time Out o třicet nejlepších krátkých animovaných filmů všech dob

2014
New York City / United States of America

Vítěz

Event: Anketa internetového magazínu InIndieWire o 250 nejlepších krátkých animovaných filmů

2012
Los Angeles / United States of America

Vítěz

Festival: 30. mezinárodní festival animovaných filmů Annecy

1990
Annecy / France

Vítěz

Festival: 22. mezinárodní filmový festival Melbourne

1983
Melbourne / Australia

Vítěz

Festival: 22. mezinárodní filmový festival Melbourne

1983
Melbourne / Australia

Vítěz

Festival: 33. mezinárodní filmový festival Berlinale Berlín

1983
Západní Berlín / Federal Republic of Germany

Vítěz

Festival: 14. mezinárodní festival animovaných filmů Annecy

1983
Annecy / France

Vítěz

Festival: 14. mezinárodní festival animovaných filmů Annecy

1983
Annecy / France

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