Jan Svankmejer site (reposted, edited)

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I thought the following might be of interest to some SEELANGers:

Subject: Jan Svankmajer: Alchemist of the Surreal

Film-maker, animator, visual and tactile artist, poet, writer,
philosopher and card-carrying member of the Czech Surrealist Group,
Jan Svankmajer is one of the world's most extraordinary artists.  He's
also one of the few Czechs to have built up a genuine international
following over the last decade, with an ever-increasing fan base in
Britain, France, Italy, the US and many other countries.

However, though films like 'Alice' ['Neco z Alenky'], 'Faust' ['Lekce
Faust'] and 'Conspirators of Pleasure' ['Spiklenci slasti'] are popping
up more and more frequently in the programmes of the more adventurous
cinemas, along with some of the best-known short films, the majority of
Svankmajer's output has rarely been shown outside the Czech Republic.

My new site JAN SVANKMAJER: ALCHEMIST OF THE SURREAL aims to change all
that.  Created with the knowledge, approval and active encouragement of
Svankmajer himself, it covers all 29 films (plus a preview of the 30th,
still in pre-production), 130 works of visual and tactile art, and
numerous other works: screenplays, poems, dream narratives and
philosophical essays.  There's also the most comprehensive year-by-year
chronology of his life ever published, no fewer than six lengthy
interviews, plus details of where to obtain relevant books and videos.

Already highly acclaimed by Svankmajer fans on both sides of the
Atlantic, JAN SVANKMAJER: ALCHEMIST OF THE SURREAL is one of the biggest
and most detailed websites ever devoted to a single artist.  If you're
familiar with his work, you'll need no second bidding - even Svankmajer
experts are finding material they've never seen before.  And if you've
never heard of him... what are you waiting for?

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               JAN SVANKMAJER - ALCHEMIST OF THE SURREAL
                    http://www.illumin.co.uk/svank
           a lavish tribute to the cinema's wildest imagination
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