Stephen Quay Movies
- 1991
The Calligrapher
The Calligrapher6.41991HD
With harpsichord music in the background, a dandy, seated at a table, plucks a quill pen from a ceiling full of them above him, dips it in ink,...
- 2022
Ghosts and Whispers
Ghosts and Whispers02022HD
An unbroken sequence of fragments, last thoughts, elegies and absences by Schubert, Mozart, Wagner, Janáček, Stravinsky, Jacquet de la...
- 1989
Ex Voto
Ex Voto41989HD
An extremely obscure minute-long short by the Brothers Quay in 1989. Animation appears to be done in 'Cutout' style, is abstract and plotless - more...
- 1979
Nocturna Artificialia
Nocturna Artificialia5.81979HD
Enigmatic, stop-motion, animated story of a man's day.
- 1992
Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?
Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?6.0711992HD
Stop-motion animated short film with a white ball, a rabbit, and a girl, and a voice singing "Are We Still Married".
- 1984
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film61984HD
The original 54-minute documentary, as broadcast by Channel Four on 20 June 1984, after which the animated links by the Quay Brothers were recompiled...
- 2009
Inventorium of Traces
Inventorium of Traces52009HD
In the Renaissance castle of the Polish count - Jan Potocki - in Lancut, the modern traces of a past glory persevere and become visible again at the...
- 2007
Eurydice: She, So Beloved
Eurydice: She, So Beloved5.62007HD
Commissioned by Opera North, the Brothers Quay created the installation and film 'She, So Beloved' inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem...
- 2009
Kinoteka Ident
Kinoteka Ident02009HD
Opening sequence for the Kinoteka Polish Film Festival.
- 2022
The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz
The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz02022HD
A short documentary on the life of Polish author Bruno Schulz by Stephen and Timothy Quay, who adapted his work for their 1986 animated film Street...
- 2010
Wonderwood: Comme des garçons
Wonderwood: Comme des garçons72010HD
A bird acts as an alchemist in an enchanted forest, selecting different kinds of wood to combine them in a parquet floor.