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A Ballad About Green Wood

Original title: Balada o zeleném drevu
  • 1983
  • Not Rated
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A Ballad About Green Wood (1983)
Stop Motion AnimationAnimationFantasyRomanceShort

Cycles of life, with fantasy elements. An ax splits wood. Bits of split wood move in stop-motion; one piece has a woman's face near the top. Water streams in torrents; patches of snow give w... Read allCycles of life, with fantasy elements. An ax splits wood. Bits of split wood move in stop-motion; one piece has a woman's face near the top. Water streams in torrents; patches of snow give way to spring. A large black bird flies into the frame. It attacks and splinters the wood w... Read allCycles of life, with fantasy elements. An ax splits wood. Bits of split wood move in stop-motion; one piece has a woman's face near the top. Water streams in torrents; patches of snow give way to spring. A large black bird flies into the frame. It attacks and splinters the wood with the woman's face. The piece of wood, whole again, becomes the bird's body. It flies ab... Read all

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    • Jirí Barta
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    • Jirí Barta
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    lee_eisenberg

    you are what you eat

    The former Czechoslovakia has produced noted stop motion animators like Jiří Trnka (known as the Walt Disney of Eastern Europe), Jan Švankmajer (an undeniable influence on Terry Gilliam and Tim Burton) and Jiří Barta. The latter's short films include "Balada o zeleném dřevu" ("A Ballad about Green Wood" in English). It shows what appears to be a series of free-associative images looking at the changing seasons, along with wood getting chopped, and a bird who eats some of the wood and his a mind-bending experience. Lots of the Czech stop motion cartoons were like this, with plots that sometimes gave "Yellow Submarine" a run for its money. And I've liked every one that I've seen, including this one.

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    • Release date
      • 1983 (Czechoslovakia)
    • Country of origin
      • Czechoslovakia
    • Language
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    • Also known as
      • Ballade du bois vert
    • Production company
      • Krátký film Praha - Studio Jirího Trnky
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      8 minutes
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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