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Stepping into the Phantasmagoric Otherwise with Karel Zeman

/ 12 May 2020

While all films project a world that might be, certain films and certain filmmakers, like Karel Zeman, come closer than others in bringing to the surface the underlying phantasmagoric essence of cinema.

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A Fix of Fantasy: Reviving the Wondrous Films of Karel Zeman

Michael Barrett

/ 18 March 2020

The imaginative filmmaker Karel Zeman influenced many artists including Terry Gilliam, Tim Burton, fellow Czech Jan Švankmajer, the Brothers Quay, and animator Lawrence Jordan's recycling of classic 19th Century imagery.

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