My discovery of the cinema of Jan Svankmajer opened My eyes to a whole tradition of Czech animation, of which Jirí Trnka was a pioneer. His Ruka is one of the finest, most technically-impressive animated movies I've ever seen.

A potter wakes up and waters his plant. Then he goes about making a pot. But in comes the huge hand which crashes the pot and demands that the potter make a statue of itself. He casts the hand out, but soon it returns and imprisons him in a bird cage where he's forced to sculpt a stone hand. He sets about it, fainting from exhaustion, but eventually completes the task.

In a marvellous sequence of metacinema, the potter uses a candle to burn his visible puppet strings, which keep him in thrall, and he escapes back home. He shuts himself in and is accidentally killed by his own beloved plant when it falls on his head.

This movie doesn't hide the fact it's pure animation, unlike modern movies that strive to be realistic (why?). The hand, for instance, is clearly someone's hand in a glove. Everything else is clay. Strings are visible and are part of the narrative, making it a precursor of the movie Strings. The atmosphere is eerie: that hand going after the little potter managed to instill more dread in me than many horror movies combined.

The movie is obvious but it avoids being totally manipulative for its simplicity. it's a fable about artistic freedom and tyranny which can't help winning the heart and mind of anyone who holds freedom as a natural right.
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Min upptäckt av biografen Jan Svankmajer öppnade mina ögon för en hel tradition av tjeckisk animation, som Jirí Trnka var pionjär för. Hans Ruka är en av de finaste, mest tekniskt imponerande animerade filmer jag någonsin sett. En krukmakare vaknar och vattnar sin planta. Sen gör han en gryta. Men i kommer den enorma handen som kraschar krukan och kräver att krukmakaren gör en staty av sig själv. Han kastar ut handen, men snart återvänder den och fängslar honom i en fågelbur där han tvingas skulptera en stenhand. Han börjar svimma av utmattning, men slutför så småningom uppgiften. I en underbar sekvens av metacinema använder krukmakaren ett ljus för att bränna sina synliga docksträngar, som håller honom i träsket, och han flyr tillbaka hem. Han stänger in sig och blir av misstag dödad av sin egen älskade växt när den faller på hans huvud. Denna film döljer inte det faktum att det är ren animation, till skillnad från moderna filmer som strävar efter att vara realistiska (varför?). Handen, till exempel, är helt klart någons hand i handske. Allt annat är lera. Strängar är synliga och ingår i berättelsen, vilket gör den till en föregångare till filmen Strings. Stämningen är kuslig: den handen som gick efter den lille keramikern lyckades ingjuta mer skräck i mig än många skräckfilmer tillsammans. Filmen är uppenbar men den undviker att vara helt manipulativ för sin enkelhet. Det är en fabel om konstnärlig frihet och tyranni som inte kan låta bli att vinna hjärtat och sinnet hos alla som håller friheten som en naturlig rättighet. Skulle ni säga att denna recension är positiv eller negativ? ALTERNATIV: - negativ - positiv
My discovery of the cinema Jan Svankmajer opened my eyes to a whole tradition of Czech animation, for which Jirí Trnka pioneered. His Ruka is one of the finest, most technically impressive animated films I've ever seen. A potter wakes up and waters his plant. Then he makes a pot. But in comes the huge hand that crashes the pot and requires the potter to make a statue of himself. He throws his hand out, but soon it returns and imprisons him in a bird cage where he is forced to sculpt a stone hand. He begins to faint from exhaustion, but eventually completes the task. In a wonderful sequence of metacinema, the potter uses a candle to burn his visible puppet strings, which hold him in the swamp, and he escapes back home. He shuts himself in and is accidentally killed by his own beloved plant when it falls on his head. This film does not hide the fact that it is pure animation, unlike modern films that strive to be realistic (why?). The hand, for example, is clearly someone's hand in glove. Everything else is clay. Strings are visible and are part of the story, making it a precursor to the film Strings. The atmosphere is eerie: that hand that went after the little potter managed to instill more terror in me than many horror films combined. The film is obvious but it avoids being completely manipulative for its simplicity. It is a fable of artistic freedom and tyranny that cannot help but gain the heart and mind of all who hold freedom as a natural right. Would you say that this review is positive or negative? ALTERNATIVE: - negative - positive
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