I am a great admirer of Czech filmmaker Jan Švankmajer. I wish not to put a label to his work, but very often the tag ‘surrealism’ comes into play in describing his ‘super-real’ and very often, irreverent and thematically dark animation. Living and practicing his film craft in his native Prague in the Czech Republic, Švankmajer’s vision of the world is uncoloured by chewing gum commercial imperatives. Which is, a good thing. Take a look.

1. Meat Love (1989)

2. The Flat (1968)

3. Historia Naturae (excerpt) (1967)

4. Darkness-Light-Darkness (1990)

5. Food (1992) – Breakfast

6. Food (1992) – Lunch

7. Food (1992) – Dinner