Comments | ralph_walters: Jan Svankmejer, who begat the Quay Bros., who begat Adam Jones...

ralph_walters

Jan Svankmejer, who begat the Quay Bros., who begat Adam Jones...

Jul 19, 2006 13:25

I've been a Jan Svankmejer fan for about 14 years. If you're not previously familiar with Svankmejer, he's the Czech stop-action animator who inspired the Quay Brothers. If you don't know who the Quay Brothers are, they are the Pennsylvania natives who inspired artist/Tool guitarist Adam Jones' videos for his band. If you don't know who Tool is ( Read more... )

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ralph_walters July 19 2006, 17:57:09 UTC

I used to have a bunch of his stuff on videotape (as well as the first couple of Quay Bros. compilations), but they've disappeared over the years... I really need to start collecting this stuff on DVD as soon as I win the lottery.

ladycakes July 19 2006, 23:47:22 UTC

I love Little Otik so very much. It's possibly one of my top ten favorite ever.

ralph_walters July 20 2006, 01:31:49 UTC

I was always a freak about Alice In Wonderland anyway, and his version was gorgeous.