Of all the early shorts from Jan Svankmajer I have seen so far, this is easily my favorite one, showing from this early point of his career many recurring elements in the rest of his future filmography, giving a surreal, macabre touch to well known characters and stories.
In a similar way in which Svankmajer turned the whimsical fantasy world of Alice in Wonderland into a horror stop-motion tale, here the traditional slapstick routine from the puppet play Judy and Punch is quickly turned into a bizarre, nightmarish, yet at the same time mesmerizing spectacle.
Also, the guinea pig was very cute.
8/10.
In a similar way in which Svankmajer turned the whimsical fantasy world of Alice in Wonderland into a horror stop-motion tale, here the traditional slapstick routine from the puppet play Judy and Punch is quickly turned into a bizarre, nightmarish, yet at the same time mesmerizing spectacle.
Also, the guinea pig was very cute.
8/10.