Timothy Quay Movies
- 2015
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin62015HD
Guy Maddin, who has been nicknamed the Canadian David Lynch, is undoubtedly one of the last remaining Magi of cinema. Despite living in the middle of...
- 2005
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes6.12005HD
Dark fairytale about a demonic doctor who abducts a beautiful opera singer with designs on transforming her into a mechanical nightingale.
- 2011
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)6.32011HD
A documentary on the subject of the collections of books, instruments and medical anomalies at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the...
- 2015
Quay
Quay6.12015HD
In 2015, Christopher Nolan curated a selection of short films by the surrealist animators the Quay Brothers to be distributed as a touring 35mm...
- 1986
Street of Crocodiles
Street of Crocodiles6.51986HD
A puppet, newly released from his strings, explores the sinister room in which he finds himself.
- 1991
The Calligrapher
The Calligrapher6.41991HD
With harpsichord music in the background, a dandy, seated at a table, plucks a quill pen from a ceiling full of them above him, dips it in ink,...
- 1995
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life7.71995HD
Jakob arrives at the Institute Benjamenta (run by brother and sister Johannes and Lisa Benjamenta) to learn to become a servant. With seven other...
- 1980
The Falls
The Falls7.11980HD
The exploration of the effects of an unexpected catastrophe, known as VUE (violent unknown event) through the bios of 92 survivors.
- 2024
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass72024HD
A man journeys by rail to a nameless sanatorium where his father has recently died. Once there, time loses its linearity and he finds himself in a...
- 2003
The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection
The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection6.12003HD
A display at the strange and wonderful artifacts in a collection of medical curiosities.
- 1993
Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods
Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods61993HD
Near an extraordinary chair with many legs, a hand is visible gripping an edge. The hand is weathered, the fingers cracked and scarred. The end of a...
- 1984
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer6.81984HD
In Prague, a professorial puppet, with metal pincers for hands and an open book for a hat, takes a boy as a pupil. First, the professor empties fluff...
- 1993
Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You
Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You6.91993HD
Short animated film featuring the song "Can't Go Wrong Without You" by His Name Is Alive.
- 1988
Stille Nacht I: Dramolet
Stille Nacht I: Dramolet6.31988HD
A magnet moves on a floor. A moth beats against a window. A doll child watches the magnet; threads of metal filings gather around the magnet.
- 1981
Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy
Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy51981HD
An unusual documentary from the Brothers Quay and Keith Griffiths about the history of the Punch and Judy puppet show.
- 1989
Ex Voto
Ex Voto41989HD
An extremely obscure minute-long short by the Brothers Quay in 1989. Animation appears to be done in 'Cutout' style, is abstract and plotless - more...
- 1991
The Comb
The Comb6.71991HD
A porcelain doll’s explorations of a dreamer’s imagination.
- 2022
The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz
The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz02022HD
A short documentary on the life of Polish author Bruno Schulz by Stephen and Timothy Quay, who adapted his work for their 1986 animated film Street...
- 2021
11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem
11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem02021HD
To mark the centenary of the great science fiction writer, Stanislaw Lem, we present this tribute by the legendary stop motion animators Stephen and...
- 2000
In Absentia
In Absentia6.32000HD
A woman sits alone on a chair at a table in a room on one of the top floors of an asylum. Bright spot lights dot the night, sometimes shining on her...