Dark Surrealism; playing with dolls: the Brothers Quay
Do you like dark surrealism that blends both the nightmarish and cryptic? Then the Brothers Quay may be just for what you are looking. These two American-born, multinational stop-motion animators seem to have a stroke of something special…and deliciously macabre. Their works generally feature dolls and figures—sometimes dismembered or altered in some way—in amazingly detailed sets. Their use of motion and space is incredibly intricate in some cases. The music, which comes from a wide range of composers, is most definitely suiting for their themes and modern tastes (there are also some people who have synched clips from Brothers Quay productions with mus...Read more