Christopher Nolan Presents: Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass Blu-Ray (US Import)

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Christopher Nolan Presents: Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass Blu-Ray (US Import)
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Original title: Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

Year: 2024
Country: Poland / UK / USA
Region code: A
Contents: Blu-Bay
EAN: 760137204480

Image: 1.78:1 (1080p)

HDR: -

Audio: 5.1 Surround

Subtitles: English

Rating: Unrated

Genre: Animation

Cast: Tadeusz Janiszewski, Wioletta Kopanska

Director: Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay


Synopsis:

Twenty years after their last feature, the Quay Brothers return to the work of Polish author and visual artist Bruno Schulz ( The Street of Crocodiles ) for inspiration. A son's visit to his dying father begins with a phantom train ride to a decaying, otherworldly sanatorium, where he experiences seven fragmented "manifestations" of a parental entity. Applying their meticulously handcrafted, stop-motion puppet animation and musical sensibilities, along with moments of live action, they translate Schulz's metaphorical language to the screen. The "degraded" sense of reality that the filmmakers admire in the writer's work minimizes characters, narrative, and the spoken word, aspiring instead to a visualization of the metaphysical.

Extras:

• The Art Teacher from Drohobycz - Bruno Schulz by the Quay Brothers (Polish Cultural Institute in London)
• Quay Brothers Q&A on stop motion animation (Courtesy Garden Cinema London)
• Theatrical introduction by the Quay Brothers
• Trailer