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Alfred Jarry & 'Pataphysics

Alfred Jarry & 'Pataphysics

2014 · 2 min

This 2 minute animated oral report on French writer Alfred Jarry uses stop-motion with the help of talking t-shirts, flip book pages, and time-lapse lino-cut printing. Jarry is best known for his play, Ubu Roi, and his pseudo-science, 'Pataphysics. This short film is an excerpt from a feature length documentary, Icepick to the Moon.

Directed by Skizz Cyzyk

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