Dimensions of Dialogue


Dimensions of Dialogue is a 1983 Czechoslovak animated short film directed by Jan Švankmajer. It is 14 minutes long and created with stop motion.

Plot

The animation is divided into three sections. "Eternal conversation" shows Arcimboldo-like heads gradually reducing each other to bland copies; "Passionate discourse" 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" consists of two elderly clay heads who extrude various objects on their tongues and intertwine them in various combinations.

Reception

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

Awards