Timothy Quay Movies

  • 2003
    The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection

    The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection

    The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection

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    A display at the strange and wonderful artifacts in a collection of medical curiosities.

    The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection
  • 2006
    The Making of

    The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"

    The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"

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    An Interview with The Quay Brothers & Alan Passes April 2006 at Atelier Konick, London

    The Making of
  • 2007
    Alice in Not So Wonderland

    Alice in Not So Wonderland

    Alice in Not So Wonderland

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    The story of Alice in Wonderland, explored in the stop-motion world of the Quay brothers.

    Alice in Not So Wonderland
  • 1984
    The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film

    The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film

    The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film

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    The original 54-minute documentary, as broadcast by Channel Four on 20 June 1984, after which the animated links by the Quay Brothers were recompiled...

    The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
  • 1995
    The Summit

    The Summit

    The Summit

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    Two men seek to negotiate an agreement of international significance.

    The Summit
  • 1989
    Ex Voto

    Ex Voto

    Ex Voto

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    An extremely obscure minute-long short by the Brothers Quay in 1989. Animation appears to be done in 'Cutout' style, is abstract and plotless - more...

    Ex Voto
  • 2009
    The Bug Trainer

    The Bug Trainer

    The Bug Trainer

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    The Bug Trainer explores Starewitch’s creative ideas and concepts of his work, along with opinions from film critics and other animation...

    The Bug Trainer
  • 1988
    Rain Dance

    Rain Dance

    Rain Dance

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    A farming family and their livestock dance during a much-needed downpour in this Quay Brothers short made for Sesame Street.

    Rain Dance
  • 2003
    Songs for Dead Children

    Songs for Dead Children

    Songs for Dead Children

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    Another short, grainy film from the Quay Brothers. This one has funny singing in it.

    Songs for Dead Children
  • 2009
    The Art of Time

    The Art of Time

    The Art of Time

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    Explores some of the most innovative attempts by contemporary artists, filmmakers, architects etc to explore multiple Temporalities and to counter...

    The Art of Time
  • 1981
    A Fratricide

    A Fratricide

    A Fratricide

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    A man murders his brother in a crime of jealous passion. An adaptation of Franz Kafka's short story of the same name.

    A Fratricide
  • 1981
    The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode

    The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode

    The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode

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    Using the tricks of the Flemish playwright's own trade--puppetry, masks, and a Breughelesque sense of bizarre carnival, the collaborators succeeded...

    The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode
  • 2015
    Quay

    Quay

    Quay

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    In 2015, Christopher Nolan curated a selection of short films by the surrealist animators the Quay Brothers to be distributed as a touring 35mm...

    Quay
  • 1982
    Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929

    Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929

    Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929

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    Igor: The Paris Years, one segment of a larger biographical program created for Channel 4 on the life and times of Igor Stravinsky, finds the...

    Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929
  • 1986
    Street of Crocodiles

    Street of Crocodiles

    Street of Crocodiles

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    A puppet, newly released from his strings, explores the sinister room in which he finds himself.

    Street of Crocodiles
  • 1980
    The Falls

    The Falls

    The Falls

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    The exploration of the effects of an unexpected catastrophe, known as VUE (violent unknown event) through the bios of 92 survivors.

    The Falls
  • 2000
    The Sandman

    The Sandman

    The Sandman

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    One of several collaborative dance films by the Brothers Quay & (dancer, choreographer) William Tuckett. Little enough info around on line, but...

    The Sandman
  • 2015
    The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin

    The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin

    The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin

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    Guy Maddin, who has been nicknamed the Canadian David Lynch, is undoubtedly one of the last remaining Magi of cinema. Despite living in the middle of...

    The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
  • 1991
    The Calligrapher

    The Calligrapher

    The Calligrapher

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    With harpsichord music in the background, a dandy, seated at a table, plucks a quill pen from a ceiling full of them above him, dips it in ink,...

    The Calligrapher
  • 2009
    Inventorium of Traces

    Inventorium of Traces

    Inventorium of Traces

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    In the Renaissance castle of the Polish count - Jan Potocki - in Lancut, the modern traces of a past glory persevere and become visible again at the...

    Inventorium of Traces