Svankmajer mixes Edgar Allan Poe and the Marquis de Sade for this combination of live action and animation that explores how society deals with power and insanity. Liška plays a traveler who meets the Marquis amidst a menagerie of nightmares. Q&A with Jan Švankmajer after 7pm show.
Official Website: http://bam.org/film/series.aspx?id=40
Added by higa on October 29, 2006