Synopsis

The Quays’ masterpiece, Street of Crocodiles is adapted from a short story by Polish writer Bruno Schulz, and was their first film shot on 35mm. A museum keeper spits into the eyepiece of an ancient peep-show and sets the musty machine in motion, plunging the viewer into a nightmarish netherworld of bizarre puppet rituals among the dirt and grime.

Quay Brothers

Born in 1947, The Quay Brothers’ body of work includes acclaimed short Streets Of Crocodiles (1986) and features Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life (1995) and The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (2005). They have also produced a range of other film work: puppet animation, documentaries, interludes, commercials, and installations. They have also designed decors for the theatre, opera and ballet.