A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
January 1, 1980
Original Title:
Diskjockey
Alternate Titles:
Diskzokej
Disque-jockey
Genres:
Animation
Production Companies:
Krátký film Praha – Studio Jiřího Trnky
Production Countries:
Czechoslovakia
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 10
An alarm clock wakes a man who washes his face, has breakfast, drives his car to work, spins records, returns home, and takes his pills. It's a world of circles - often seen from above: an espresso cup, a stairwell, the pills, and the records spinning. At the dance where the music plays, the rhythms evoke images of a butcher slicing head cheese, gears driving other wheels and levers, a combine churning out bales of hay, a butcher cutting chunks of meat for a stew, and boxers punching. The circle of music and life.
Animation:
Milan Svatoš
Art Direction:
Jiří Barta
Director:
Jiří Barta
Director of Photography:
Vladimír Malík
Dramaturgy:
Jiří Kubíček
Editor:
Věra Benešová
Original Music Composer:
Petr Skoumal
Production Manager:
Viktor Mayer
Screenplay:
Jiří Barta
Story:
Boris Hybner
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