Jan Svankmajer- a Czech filmmaker, puppeteer, and artist born in 1934- is one of my favorite animators. He has refined and mastered, with obsessive attention to detail, the stop action film technique.
Below are three of his short films from his Dimensions of Dialogue created in 1982.
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THANKS
FOR SHOWING
HIS MESSAGE
HIS MASSAGE
TO
ME
OVER THE YEARS
RECEIVED
LOUD AND CLEAR