Jiri Barta Toys In The Attic

Na pude aneb kdo má dneska narozeniny.

Jiri barta toys in the attic. The world of the attic is divided into the land of happy toys in the west and the land of evil in the east. He is a director and writer known for toys in the attic 2009 the pied piper 1986 and diskzokej 1980. Discarded items from antique toys to rotten potatoes take on a life of their own when discarded in the attic of a czech home during the cold war. Film clips and behind the scenes stills of the production of na pude aka toys in the attic are presented in this brief retrospective on czech animation master jiri barta.

When i found an old exercise book with my drawing of a train made from old train tickets with a piece of cigarette for the smokestack the kid in my imagination reappeared. When buttercup is snatched and taken off to the land of evil her pals set out to rescue her. Voiced by an all star cast this critically acclaimed animated film unlocks a secret world of discarded toys knick knacks and assorted junk long forgotten in an old attic. The strange often beautiful beings in the animated feature toys in the attic exist in a faraway land located somewhere between czech surrealism and pixar communitarianism.

This short film was. Jirí barta was born on november 26 1948 in prague czechoslovakia. The setting for the film was inspired by the cultural and political contrast of the cold war era and its impact on director jiri barta and the czech republic. Synopsis in an attic full of discarded junk a pretty doll called buttercup lives in an old trunk together with her friends the marionette prince charming lazy teddy bear and the plasticine creature schubert.

Watching jiří barta s stop motion masterpiece toys in the attic makes you realize that no amount of movie making budget can substitute for the power of a talented visionary with a clever story a dedicated crew a camera and an attic full of dusty old rubbish.