Stephen Quay Movies
- 2006
The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"
The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"02006HD
An Interview with The Quay Brothers & Alan Passes April 2006 at Atelier Konick, London
- 1992
Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?
Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?6.11992HD
Stop-motion animated short film with a white ball, a rabbit, and a girl, and a voice singing "Are We Still Married".
- 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 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,...
- 1993
Anamorphosis
Anamorphosis6.51993HD
The Quays' interest in esoteric illusions finds its perfect realization in this fascinating animated lecture on the art of anamorphosis. This...
- 2009
The Bug Trainer
The Bug Trainer42009HD
The Bug Trainer explores Starewitch’s creative ideas and concepts of his work, along with opinions from film critics and other animation...
- 1979
Nocturna Artificialia
Nocturna Artificialia5.81979HD
Enigmatic, stop-motion, animated story of a man's day.
- 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.
- 2007
Eurydice: She, So Beloved
Eurydice: She, So Beloved5.62007HD
Commissioned by Opera North, the Brothers Quay created the installation and film 'She, So Beloved' inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem...
- 2009
Inventorium of Traces
Inventorium of Traces52009HD
In the Renaissance castle of the Polish count - Jan Potocki - in Lancut, the modern traces of a past glory persevere and become visible again at the...
- 2001
Stille Nacht V: Dog Door
Stille Nacht V: Dog Door62001HD
Tom Waits, the brothers Quay, and a dog door.
- 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...
- 1982
Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929
Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-192961982HD
Igor: The Paris Years, one segment of a larger biographical program created for Channel 4 on the life and times of Igor Stravinsky, finds the...
- 2022
Ghosts and Whispers
Ghosts and Whispers02022HD
An unbroken sequence of fragments, last thoughts, elegies and absences by Schubert, Mozart, Wagner, Janáček, Stravinsky, Jacquet de la...
- 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.
- 1983
Janáček: Intimate Excursions
Janáček: Intimate Excursions51983HD
Janacek: Intimate Excursions is a short experimental documentary that attempts to find visual references in the correspondence of Leos Janacek, the...
- 2010
Maska
Maska72010HD
"Maska" is the latest animated film of Quay brothers, directors and puppet animators, with the music composed by Krzysztof Penderecki. The film is an...
- 2003
Songs for Dead Children
Songs for Dead Children52003HD
Another short, grainy film from the Quay Brothers. This one has funny singing in it.
- 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...
- 2010
Inside The Institute
Inside The Institute02010HD
Docimentary about the work of the Qway Brothers for their film Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life