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  • Nocturna Artificialia
  • The Cabinet Of Jan Svankmajer
  • The Epic of Gilgamesh
  • Street Of Crocodiles
  • Rehearsals For Extinct Anatomies
  • Dramolet
  • The Comb
  • Anamorphosis
  • Are We Still Married?
  • Long Way Down (Look What The Cat Drug In)
  • Tales From The Vienna Woods
  • Can't Go Wrong Without You
  • Institute Benjamenta
  • In Absentia
  • The Phantom Museum
  • The Brothers Quay
    Links

    An extensive essay on the Quays in Senses of Cinema

    A Recent Interview with the Quays in Senses of Cinema


    Other Work

    Julie Taymor’s film FRIDA contains a Quay-animated dream sequence and the DVD contains a short interview with the Quays

    The Quays have directed many ground-breaking commercials for, among others, The Partnership for a Drug Free America, Coca Cola, MTV, Nikon, and Slurpee. To see some of their commercials visit the Believe Media website.


    Influences

    At the James River Film Festival in Richmond VA in April 2003, The Brothers Quay curated a series of classic animation films that have exerted an influence on their own work. The series included:

    Ladislas Starewicz’s MASCOT (1934) Available on DVD from Amazon

    Charlie Bowers’ IT’S A BIRD (1932)

    Charlie Bowers’ WILD OYSTERS (1941)

    Alexander Alexeieff’s THE NOSE (1963)

    Jan Lenica’s A (1964)

    Jiri Trnka’s THE HAND (1965) Available on DVD from Amazon

    Jan Svankmajer’s JABBERWOCKY (1972)

    Yuri Norstein’s HEDGEHOG IN THE FOG (1975) Available on DVD from Amazon.com
    The Brothers Quay