Picnic with Weismann = Picknick mit Weismann

United States, 1974

Film
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An unusual, surrealistic recounting of a day’s outing. Inanimate objects (a man’s suit, a trowel, charis, an old gramophone) take on a life of their own. A wardrobe opens and a man, bound and gagged falls into a prepared grave.

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Credits

director

Jan Svankmajer

producer

A H Puluj

production company

ACI Films

Duration

00:11:22:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1974

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

505234

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Surrealism in motion pictures

Crafts & Visual Arts → Surrealism in motion pictures

Experimental

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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