The Design (1981)
Animators and urban planners both create worlds, but Czech stop motion specialist Jiří Barta's ingenious paper cut-out short punctures the stifling architecture of communist housing. Skilled hands blueprint an apartment tower standardized specifications. Envelopes contain the elements of each home. Family dwellings, bachelor pads, scholarly studies and artist studios: different social configurations are permitted but restrained to the same uniform box. A dystopian revision of the REAR WINDOW scenario, THE DESIGN's darkly comic social critique still has teeth.
Director: Jiří Barta
Genre: Animation
Runtime: 6 min
Release Date: January 1, 1981
Screenplay
Music: Petr Skoumal
Cinematography: Miloslav Špála
Editing: Helena Lebdušková
Production: Krátký film Praha
Country: Czechoslovakia
Language: No Language
Original Language: cs
Keywords
satire, short film
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is The Design about?
- Animators and urban planners both create worlds, but Czech stop motion specialist Jiří Barta's ingenious paper cut-out short punctures the stifling architecture of communist housing. Skilled hands blueprint an apartment tower standardized specifications. Envelopes contain the elements of each home. Family dwellings, bachelor pads, scholarly studies and artist studios: different social configurations are permitted but restrained to the same uniform box. A dystopian revision of the REAR WINDOW scenario, THE DESIGN's darkly comic social critique still has teeth.
- Who directed The Design?
- The Design was directed by Jiří Barta.
- How long is The Design?
- The Design has a runtime of 6m (6 minutes).
- What genre is The Design?
- The Design is a Animation film.
- Where was The Design produced?
- The Design was produced in Czechoslovakia.