Food (Jídlo) (1992)

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Directed by

Jan Svankmajer

Starring

Jan Kraus
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Written by

Jan Svankmajer
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BREAKFAST: After eating breakfast, a man is transformed into an elaborate dumb-waiter-style breakfast dispenser - and the same fate befalls the man who obtains breakfast from him. LUNCH: After failing to catch the waiter's eye, two would-be diners end up eating everything within reach. DINNER: Portraits of various meals made up of human organs.

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"DIR: Jan Svankmajer SUMMARY: In three sections, 'Breakfast', 'Lunch' and 'Dinner', we examine mankind's need to consume and the result of greed taken to extremes. WHY IT'S HERE: Jan Svankmajer, one of the great masters of the short animation, made his last short film in 1993, dedicating himself from then on to feature animation instead. His finale in the medium of the animated short, 'Food' is a superb way to bow out. A political allegory expressed through three sequences using a mixture of "