Little Otik (Otesanek)
Jan Svankmajer, 2000.
Based on an eastern European folk-tale this surreal film follows a couple, Karel and Bozena, who are tormented by their inability to bear a child. The desperate Karel presents his wife with a log crudely fashioned to resemble an infant. To his despair Bozena refuses to give up the log, which eventually acquires its a life of it’s own. The log baby, Otik, is wonderfully stop-motion animated by the Czech master, with a mouth equipped with a full-set of teeth. A mouth that has an appetite for more than just baby food…
Based on an eastern European folk-tale this surreal film follows a couple, Karel and Bozena, who are tormented by their inability to bear a child. The desperate Karel presents his wife with a log crudely fashioned to resemble an infant. To his despair Bozena refuses to give up the log, which eventually acquires its a life of it’s own. The log baby, Otik, is wonderfully stop-motion animated by the Czech master, with a mouth equipped with a full-set of teeth. A mouth that has an appetite for more than just baby food…
posted by irh at 2:25 PM
2 Comments:
This is one of my all time favorite movies! I am so in love with Jan Svankmajer. Conspirators of Pleasure was also quite good.
Thanks for the comment Miss Cellaneous. And your excellently sassy picture!
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