Jan Švankmajer: Historia naturae

[CagliosthroAD]

the music reminds me of the mothers' uncle meat, great!

[ijblseries]

Awesome display of speciesism and our cultural norm of dominating other lifeforms. Beatiful yet teriffying.

[dominikschmitt]

jan!!!

[MrHamburgerHelper]

すごい‼

[jennyhaytch]

Okay, I take it back... I like from the monkeys on

[TheMasterDramon]

Todo bicho que camina va parar al asador XD

[2006361120]

cielos asi o mas hermoso!

[FreeFiggyTree]

this is just beautiful, thank you for the post

[eagleapex]

What's with the eating? Am I supposed to want to eat the specimens?

[heavytransit]

@eagleapex the man eats everything in his path, and finally he eats his own race

[eagleapex]

@heavytransit That makes a lot of sense. Thanks!

[morganseer]

@heavytransit

I believe it's death that finishes man off

[turdglock]

this is disgusting

[matt2891brown]

Who the heck are the 6 that didn't like this movie?

Maaaannnn, Jan Svanjmajer is such a genius. I wish I could just plug myself into his mind and never get out...

[xxverde]

einsturzende neubauten mercedez benz

[sexydrummerdookie]

what's the meaning?

[trythegenericversion]

@HackneyEquine I wish I said that

[kezadrone]

Jan does like his curiosities doesn't he.

[zimnomel]

How true.

[heydinosaur]

Does anyone know what the music is here? I'm thinking it sort of sounds like some of the stuff coming from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop around this time. Does anyone know for sure?

[viktorkruna]

Pure poetry. A masterpiece.

[mardeninthegarden]

@HackneyEquine I'm fairly certain that a pelican doesn't see a seashell as a beautiful symbol of mathematical perfection coupled with resilience, etc. I'm pretty sure they just see a food source.

[RepetitionIsDeath]

the last part is cool; we self destruct.

[Ultrasecond]

Reminds me of the experience of visiting the museum as a child and being deeply disturbed - but also fascinated - by all the creepy specimens.

[Rottao]

Putaquelospariu... e eu tive uma aula inteira sobre esse filme!!!!!!!! Haja saco!!!!!!

[monsStruO]

alguien podria decirme que cansiones son las que suenan en el video?

[Xavo333]

The music is REALLY COOL

=)

AWESOME ANIMATION

[miasma9]

Crabs in Cabinet: Boo!

[ItsybitsyspiderMamma]

uhhhh, I take it this is not the original music?

[Durcot]

los perfiles del inicio no son de los cuadros de Giussepe Arcimboldo???

[CiudadanaHerzeleid]

The only mistake that I found in this great film was includine frogs and toads in the reptile group, they're amphibious, and getting away this little slide from Svanmajer's the rest of the film shows that he is just a genious!!

[alfonsochianese]

It' s not properly an error anphibious are reptiles for water, i think they can be in the same family.

[Tnegad]

Zdeněk Liška Forever!

[Bericman]

Humans destroy nature then destroy themselves. This is an ealry work of Svankmajer but he already was a great visual artist.

[AnalWave]

I think he is also commenting on the obsessive endeavour in keeping nature within our own set social order. Thus, the classifications that Zoologists beset upon the natural world in the attempt to maintain order. And in our conquest to organize, to place our imprint of what should and should not be, and control-, we seek to not survive in but to defeat nature.

[Theaceoffate]

That and of course the eating sequences... They don't only refer to the lust of defeating nature as you said but also to the fact, that mankind does not seech for art or beauty, but simply for something to fulfill their most primitive urges like hunger... At least thats my opinion

[AnalWave]

Interesting point, which only solidifies how despite our hopes to be above our own primitive nature- even going as far as to suggest that we were created and are simply separate from the animal kingdom- is perhaps absurd. Leading to the question are we really ranked separately from the nature or are we still just primitive apes? Are we really just fooling ourselves- and will we forever be on the verge of self-destruction because repressing our inner demons will lead us to thus?

[mardeninthegarden]

@Theaceoffate I find it an interesting contradiction that the Animal Kingdom is full of such beauty, but nothing in it is capable of recognizing it. Only humans can be aware of such aesthetic principals and even then, it's still beauty as defined by humans.

[NympheaNoir]

@mardeninthegarden The meaning of beauty is stretched in this instance. Beauty is a human concept and never truly agreed upon, but what holds true for both the animal kingdom and humans is that there is a pleasurable response to a meaningful stimulus. Think of mating in the animal kingdom. Some dance, preen themselves, vocalize sounds, etc to attract a mate. The degree of analysis and manipulation may be different, but the purpose and pleasurable experience of "beauty" are still there.

[rockdro]

todo mundo esperaria q conociendo a jan svankmajer se tendria un poquito de cultura...."estan chidos" dios mio q haremos con tanta ignorancia hoy en dia ayudanos te lo pide un joven preocupado por la estupides del mundo

[espiralinterminable]

comienza por escribir "estupides" con "z"

[rockdro]

yo escribo como kiero y k? espieza por pelarme la vergaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[sfffsdff]

Espiezo por decirte que hay que combatir la ignorancia pero tambien a la inteligentusa, aquellos pendejos que por que conocen tres cosas complicadas ya se sienten intelectuales, Doble pendejo!

[sfffsdff]

Y que queria que dijera que "me sumergio en la sinrazon de la condicion humana ", que "me hizo reflexionar en la levedad del ser", pendejo!!!

[eljulicarlos]

El pangolin bailador y el tigre enjaulado estan chidos

[Misssexibubba]

"And the end of natural history--death.."

all in which were ended by man.

at the end, we will eventually kill ourselves

[GBoCookies]

Holy shit. It's like a bad mushroom trip.

[TheSouthernGentleman]

What was with the person eating?

[ruzaq]

You eating chapters. just a joke

[CheeseWheel3]

Zdenek Liska's music is awesome, I wish they'd put out a cd with his music!

[01011101010001111010]

WTF!

[Sucore]

BreakDancing armandilo LOL!

not bad at all considering the means used to made this!

Jan was an AMAZING human! Extremely intelligent :) :) :) almost terror awaking

[BAG1901]

lol chicken in a cage

[Imonlysleeping9]

And the end of natural history--death. What a marvelous allegory!!

[4darin5]

What a marvelous truth.

[Noocturia]

i love this!

[speleman62]

Svankmajer's composer Zdenek Liska was great!

[mikrokosmik]

This music is the catchiest stuff ever. I'm constantly getting these songs stuck in my head.

[Raymond13557]

smae thing but without the creepy mood music.. lol

[Ultrasecond]

This film reminds me of what it's like as a kid visiting a museum of natural history and viewing the specimens all lined up in jars or other places, and being terribly unnerved and grossed out by a lot of the creatures.