The Quay Brothers, Steven and Timothy are identical twins born in Pennsylvania in 1947. They are best known for the puppetry and animation along with theatre and opera in many of their productions. They're main inspiration is Jan Svankmajer and use his surrealist style for their feature-length films. So far the Quay Brothers have only made two feature-length live action films and almost all of their films have no spoken content in them. They brothers tend to focus more on intense engagement within theatre and opera and working on stage designs, sets and projections for their films.
Most of their films mainly feature puppets made out of doll parts and other materials, either organic or not. The puppets tend to be partially assembled in a dark atmosphere. The brothers used armatures to create movement in these puppets which created realistic movement within the characters. An example of this is in 'Street of Crocodiles'.
No comments:
Post a Comment