Faust
 | Directed by Jan Svankmajer Starring: Petr Cepek, Jan Kraus, Vladimír Kudla, Antonin Zacpal, Jirí Suchý Kino Video, 1995, DVD Customer Rating: 40 reviews Recommend |
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Jan Svankmajer's long awaited follow up to his acclaimed "Alice" is an equally astounding version of the myth of Dr. Faustus. Merging live action with stop motion and claymation, Svankmajer has created an unsettling universe presided over by diabolic life size marionettes and haunted by skulking human messengers from hell.
Title: Faust
Sales Rank: 14951 in DVD
Actor: Petr Cepek, Jan Kraus, Vladimír Kudla, Antonin Zacpal, Jirí Suchý
Director: Jan Svankmajer
Studio: Kino Video, 2003-09-02, Theatrical Release: 1995-04-07
Format: Color, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Acpect Ratio 1.33:1
Languages: English (Subtitled), English (Dubbed)
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 97 minutes
Package Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches, 0.15 pounds
- Please continue to distribute this stunning and wonderfully sinister movie!
- This is perhaps one of the most sucessful movie adaptions to the Faust legend or play of all time and so far the most honest I have ever seen.
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- ingenious
- Filmmaker Jan Svankmajer is a genius at what he does... Another obvious thing to say here is "Faust" is absolutely essential viewing to anyone that loves stop-motion and claymation.
Faust is not to be missed if you want to see something unlike anything you have ever seen before. Truly magical moments are contained in this film that amaze and can even shock, even… More reviews
- Modern retelling of the Faust myth
- This quirky movie bears seeing more than once. For one thing, it's filled with characters that appear repeatedly, something that could be hard to recognize unless you have the earliest and latest scenes fresh in mind. For another, its blurring of life and theater, its fusion and confusion of animation, puppetry, and live action might… More reviews
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- Hello again from this particular aisle of the abstract retail market.
Along with the Jiri Barta collection, the recommendation of Jan Svankmajer's Faust comes as no surprise because, well, I own and review a lot of animation and happen to already have Lunacy, Alice, and the Ossuary and Other Tales disc of Svankmajer's own oeuvre.
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- Did get it the first time round.
- I purchased this title on a bit of a whim, and after viewing it for the first time I put it on my shelf thinking I would never watch it again. Faust sat on my shelf for about a year. After a year of new experiences and enlightnments I was again ready for faust after a long ensightful nite with my mushy friends. I was up at 6am and wanted to watch a flick and… More reviews
