''Dimensions of Dialogue'' ( cs, Možnosti dialogu) is a 1983 Czechoslovak

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directed by Jan Švankmajer. It is 14 minutes long and created with

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Plot

The animation is divided into three sections. "Eternal conversation" (Dialog věčný) shows

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-like heads gradually reducing each other to bland copies; "Passionate discourse" (Dialog vášnivý) shows a clay man and woman who dissolve into one another sexually, then quarrel and reduce themselves to a frenzied, boiling pulp; and "Exhaustive discussion" (Dialog vyčerpávající) consists of two elderly clay heads who extrude various objects on their tongues (toothbrush and toothpaste; shoe and shoelaces, etc.) and intertwine them in various combinations.Re-animating the Lost Objects d'Childhood and the Everyday: Jan Svankmajer
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Reception

Terry Gilliam Terrence Vance Gilliam (; born 22 November 1940) is an American-born British filmmaker, comedian, animator, actor and former member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam has directed 13 feature films, including '' Time Bandits'' (1981), '' ...

selected the film as one of the ten best animated films of all time.

Awards

Annecy International Animated Film Festival The Annecy International Animation Film Festival (french: Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy, officially abbreviated in English as the Annecy Festival, or simply Annecy) was created in 1960 and takes place at the beginning of J ...

1983 – Won Grand Prix *

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1983 – Won

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, C.I.D.A.L.C. Award (Honorable Mention)

References

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Dimensions of Dialogue - Tativille
1983 films 1980s animated short films Czechoslovak animated short films Films directed by Jan Švankmajer Stop-motion animated short films Czech animated short films Surrealist films Film censorship in the Czech Republic Film controversies in the Czech Republic {{short-animation-film-stub