Food

Country

Czechoslovakia, Great Britain

Copyright

1992

Production year

1992

Premiere

1 April 1996

Runtime

18 min

Category

film

Genre

anecdote, absurd

Typology

animatedtheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Jídlo

Czech title

Jídlo

English title

Food

Co-production title

Food

Summary

Jan Švankmajer reacts with his cartoon Food to one of the extreme phenomena of the present that has become an obsession for a majority of the human race, i. e. uncontrolled and uncontrollable consumption. One of its most significant manifestations is extreme voracity...

Cast

Ludvík Šváb

host v hostinci, první jídelní automat

Josef Fiala

host v hostinci, druhý jídelní automat

Bedřich Glaser

vousatý host v hostinci, třetí jídelní automat

Jan Kraus

elegantní host v restauraci

Pavel Marek

zpustlý host v restauraci

Jaromír Kallista

číšník v restauraci

Karel Hamr

host v restauraci pojídající vlastní ruku

Marie Zemanová

host v restauraci pojídající vlastní ňadra

David Lhoták

host v restauraci pojídající vlastní nohu

Václav Livora

host v hostinci pojídající vlastní penis

Crew and creators

Screenstory

Jan Švankmajer

Screenplay

Jan Švankmajer

Director of Photography

Svatopluk Malý

Camera Operator

Martin Procházka

Art Director

Jan Švankmajer

Make-Up Artist

Jiří Budín

Film Editor

Marie Zemanová

Assistant Film Editor

Jan Daňhel

Sound Designer

Ivo Špalj, Jitka Zvirocká (zvukové efekty), Petr Mach (zvukové efekty), Jaroslav Schreder (zvukové efekty), Karel Süssmilch (zvukové efekty)

Executive Producer

Keith Griffiths (Koninck International), Michael Havas (Heart of Europe Co-Production)

Producer

Jaromír Kallista (Nezávislá skupina Jan Švankmajer – Jaromír Kallista), Jaroslav Bouček (Filmové studio Barrandov)

Production Manager

Jaromír Kallista (Nezávislá skupina Jan Švankmajer – Jaromír Kallista)

Production Supervisor

Pavla Kallistová (Nezávislá skupina Jan Švankmajer – Jaromír Kallista)

Cooperation

Martin Procházka (fotograf), Kateřina Korbařová, Karolina Průšová, Jiří Piskáček, Ivana Tejčková

Music

Music Composed by

archivní

Selected Music

Johann Strauss ml. (Na krásném modrém Dunaji /An der schönen blauen Donau/)

Production info

Original Title

Jídlo

Czech Title

Jídlo

English Title

Food

Co-production Title

Food

Category

film

Typology

animatedtheatrical distribution

Genre

anecdote, absurd

Origin country

Czechoslovakia, Great Britain

Copyright

1992

Production Year

1992

Production specifications

the end of the distribution monopoly 30 November 2000

Premiere

premiere 1 April 1996 /recommended for 15 and over/

Distribution slogan

Project 100 – Winter 1996.

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

18 min

Original length in metres

510 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Animation technique

puppet, combined (technique), plasticine, feature, pixilation, animation of real objects

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

English

Dialogue languages

without dialogue

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

English

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