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Lightstruck: The Alchemical Furnace Of Jan Švankmajer (Pg 3)
Thu 8:00 PM
2220 Arts + Archives, 2220 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90057, USA
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Lightstruck presents THE ALCHEMICAL FURNACE OF JAN ŠVANKMAJER: A Complete Shorts Retrospective in 4 programs. ~ Lightstruck is honored to present a complete retrospective of the astonishing short films of the surrealist Czech artist and filmmaker Jan Švankmajer, taking place at 2220 Arts + Archives over the course of four evenings. Working in collaboration with his studio, Athanor, this retrospective occasions the first time all of Mr. Švankmajer’s shorts will screen in Los Angeles in recently remastered copies overseen by the artist himself. Born in 1934 and directing films since 1964, Švankmajer is one of the single most influential and idiosyncratic artists in animation and cinema histor…