Brothers Quay - "Hospital puppet sequence from Frida"

[PieceofMindmusic]

The love the Brothers Quay and Frida!

[aflovi]

better than tim burton shit!!!

[Dinobitchegg]

@aflovi I completely agree!!

[erniehead]

Mis avois de la pesca en la concina

[MIDJOBZ]

This is pure talent

[stitchybob]

wish it was the english version tho

[lulzusername]

this is beautiful

[manoloomarer]

excuse my ignorance, but is this the whole film or is just a part of a film, is that the title says "sequence" :P

[madahad9]

This was the only good part of a rather boring movie. At first I thought it was Tim Burton's work.

[BoonyBanny]

Gilliam among others in Hollywood have completely ransacked the works of the Quays

[Octospidr]

@BoonyBanny everyone feeds of the innovators

[MephProduction]

@BoonyBanny Gilliam is a massive fan and has supported them financially a couple of times to get projects made

[ThePoisonious]

Loved this video!! Amazing work!

[georgekostaras]

These men are geniuses, we just finished studying them in film class.

[MBM2410]

Why did Youtube made such a mess with my answers? Have all of you received his own answer? So stressful.

[cibercrank1]

Doctor mortis: la columna vertebral esta dañada , tiene fisuradas varias vertebras y también un par de costillas tiene la pelvis fracturada por tres sitios la vara de metal le entro por el costado derecho y le salio por la vagina tiene once fractura en la pierna derecha y el pie aplastado

enfermera tonta: volverá a caminar

Doctor mortis: primero aseguremos que sobreviva

[MBM2410]

Thank you for writing the script down. I have never really understood what they say, before.

[UKNOWIT88]

wow it looks like the Quays actually ripped off Tim Burton for this one. It looks very Nightmare-Before-Christmasy.

[deetheos]

tim burton didnt direct nightmare before christmas so they didnt rip off tim burton as such...

i see where u think the similarities are but i would say its a different style of work all together, also with the inclusion of actual meat as the tongue instead of a man made tongue, its all about the atmosphere and producing a trully distubring work where as "tim burtons" nightmare before christmas is a nice family film that never really left the confines of medeocre entertainment

[stonelenny]

ha, ha, ha, who ripped who? Quays are artists years before Burton started his merchant career. The only thing in common is the eskeletons, but à la "dia de los muertos" mexican style. Everything with skeletons is ripped from Burton? C'mon... What a poor aesthetics vision... Se every body ripped Harryhausen? Skeletons are a meta-theme for stop-motion.

Leave this conspiracy theory or the ripping FROM Burton. He is quit more a ripper than a ripped. And a very poor one.

[stonelenny]

See Jan Svankmajer, he is reference for all, but the difference is that the Quays praise him and expand what he propose, instead of dilute to sell it to the masses.

C'mom, Quays, ripping Burton....

The stupdiest thing I ever read on You Tube...

[BitterOdeath]

hear hear, Quay fans are much more passionate about raw art such as the films they produce. Long live the Quay and we anxiously wait for " Sanitorium under the Hourglass". It is in production and it is one of Bruno Schultz literature marvels.

[MBM2410]

Thank you for the news, BitterOdeath. Searching on the Internet for "Sanitorium" I've also found this: "Currently, the Quays are working on an adaptation of a short story by Polish science fiction author Stainislaus Lem"

[MBM2410]

Oh, you already wrote about Svankmajer. It's almost impossible to reply this comments after all this time. My fault, I'm really sorry!

[TedGoranson69]

To me it looks more like they were employing the traditional iconography of death in Mexican art, but what the fuck do I know?

[MBM2410]

You know enough. It depends on what you want to do with what you know.

[melisourpunkrocker]

me gusto muxo muxo ...me recuerda a un hospital aki en chile

el felix bulnes jajaj

ke lata ke este solo el trocito

[MBM2410]

Thanks for your comment, even if I didn't understand the last sentence.

Muchas gracias por tu comentario, aunque yo no he entendido la última frase.

[ClavicleofSolomon]

Anyone interested in the Quays' work should take a look at the Phantom Museums DVD that has most of their important shorts on it.

I'm still waiting for a good company like Zeitgeist to release a more coherent collection of Svankmajer shorts, but right now the best option is Kino's Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer Vol. 1 & 2. vol. 2 is inexcusably short (only 76 min.) but it's so full of excellent stuff you can't complain too much.

[Eldridge70]

check out my stop motion animation if you like the tool videos and the Quay brothers animation just type in grimm claymation. The title is called Grimm. PLZ comment

[RowanSpry]

By the beard of Zeus...

Names of other animators like this?

[rumr957st]

jan svankmajer

jiri barta

[Mexxico57]

i LOVE jan svankmajer... ill have to check jiri barta out

[SeanButt]

yeah, check out barta's "last robbery," there's nothing else quite like it

[MBM2410]

I didn't know Jiri Barta, I think. Can I found a sampe of his work anywhere? Have you idea about it?

[VCon6]

Check out the stop motion film, "The Secret of Tom Thumb"

[Jalopy1980]

Like VCon, I would suggest The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb as well, done by the Bolex Bros. Also, don't forget about Fred Stuhr (R.I.P.), best known for Tool's Sober and Prison Sex videos.

[MBM2410]

But did Fred Stuhr realized other works apart from Tool's first videos?

[Manwithcam]

There is little doubt of the Quays making this.  They have spoken of it in interviews, and the DVD features a brief shot of them in the special features.

[FlyleaF88888]

that just epitamizes my phobia of hospitals

[captanJ]

you know, it's almost a testament to the hospital that received her that frida k. suvived that day...

[mtz313]

o wow was this really the quays. i mean it is very quayish but i just never thought it was them. cool movie but i wish it was more abstract like this scene is.

[MBM2410]

I copy here precedent answer. Sorry for this, but we alla have the same doubts!. ;-)

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Thay are not accredited in the film's end-titles. I have found on several source this sequence belong to Bros Quay. But still no official information about it.

[jellypishy22]

I Learnt This From Segasonicdude The Moral Of A Story Is!.... (What Was The Moral Again) Oh Yeah! Never Interupt A Hungry Tank Named Tanky. Hes A Character From Segasonicdude.

[ExistentialGirl]

I'm so glad to have found this, and read all the useful comments. I love Frida and really enjoyed this movie, and I am a huge fan of both Tim Burton and the Brothers Quay, and I never knew who was responsible for that amazing scene. Thanks for posting!

[MBM2410]

Thay are not accredited in the film's end-titles. I have found on several source this sequence belong to Bros Quay. But still no official information about it. You love both Frida, both Quay Bros, both Burton: maybe you could find this information to erase all our doubts. ;-)

P.S.: I'm sure you just know Jan Svankmajer's works, don't you?

[ExistentialGirl]

Of course! I just showed "Lunacy" to my roomies last night, and needless to say they were a little disturbed. "Little Otik" is one of my favorites, but "Alice" will always win my heart. The first scene with the White Rabbit always gives me goosebumps, especially when he bites off his own taxidermy staples. Drop me a line sometime.

[GraphixQueen]

woah! you can see the influence that they have over Tim Burton here!! it's almost identical to the cinematography and style used in the nightmare before christmas!! (i love TB btw)

[MBM2410]

^__^

[comradevodka]

wow didn't know the quays did that - I assumed it was julie's work or a animation team made to look "quay-ish"

[MephProduction]

They didn't do that.

[rudebarb]

Actually, they did do that. I've watched the extras on the DVD.

[MephProduction]

i stand corrected... they were never credited from what i understand so i took it as a rumor... excellent. :)

[rudebarb]

And it wouldn't be surprising if it was just someone working in their style. Genius is often pilfered from.

[ColdChicago]

a style in search of a theme... sensation after sensation,image after image, intensification,duration, cessation. if all of art aspires to the condition of music... voila!

[MBM2410]

Oh! Thanks for sharing your feeling.

[chromium77]

They used these these white pieces of shit for Frida?!

[MBM2410]

I didn't understand your question. You have a strange way of joke.

[MBM2410]

I don't really understand the question.

[faugna]

great, I havent seen the movie, but I wasnt sure to watch it just for the Quays sequence though

[MBM2410]

Nice. So, have a nice vision!

[SKATECOOLRUNNINGS]

Thank you for this! I love the works of the Brothers Quay. Is Frida a very abstract movie though?

[MBM2410]

No, it's not an abstract or surreal movie. But there are three or four nice animated scenes. I suggest it to you, however.

[Manwithcam]

Thanks for posting this. I had searched for it before to no avail.

[MBM2410]

It was not simple neither for me. I'm happy you're happy. ^^

[richragsdale]

so great!!!

[MBM2410]

If you like it, I suggest all Quay Bros official works and another great stop-motion artist: Jan Svankmajer.

[ColdChicago]

a great recommendation... svankmajer ... thanks

[MBM2410]

You're welcome. Did you enjoy his works?