Stephen Quay Movies

2006
The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"
The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"
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An Interview with The Quay Brothers & Alan Passes April 2006 at Atelier Konick, London
2000
In Absentia
In Absentia
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A woman sits alone on a chair at a table in a room on one of the top floors of an asylum. Bright spot lights dot the night, sometimes shining on her...
1981
The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode
The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode
6.71981HD
Using the tricks of the Flemish playwright's own trade--puppetry, masks, and a Breughelesque sense of bizarre carnival, the collaborators succeeded...
1985
This Unnameable Little Broom
This Unnameable Little Broom
6.21985HD
Stop-motion animated short film in which a puppet on a trike captures a puppet bird-man.
2001
Stille Nacht V: Dog Door
Stille Nacht V: Dog Door
5.82001HD
Tom Waits, the brothers Quay, and a dog door.
1982
Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929
Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929
6.21982HD
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
The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz
The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz
62022HD
A short documentary on the life of Polish author Bruno Schulz by Stephen and Timothy Quay, who adapted his work for their 1986 animated film Street...
1993
Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You
Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You
6.91993HD
Short animated film featuring the song "Can't Go Wrong Without You" by His Name Is Alive.
2007
Alice in Not So Wonderland
Alice in Not So Wonderland
6.22007HD
The story of Alice in Wonderland, explored in the stop-motion world of the Quay brothers.
2000
The Sandman
The Sandman
6.32000HD
One of several collaborative dance films by the Brothers Quay & (dancer, choreographer) William Tuckett. Little enough info around on line, but...
2021
VadeMecum
VadeMecum
72021HD
VadeMecum is a new short produced by the Palme d’Or-nominated animators Stephen and Timothy Quay. The film shows the life and works of Polish...
2003
The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection
The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection
6.22003HD
A display at the strange and wonderful artifacts in a collection of medical curiosities.
1988
Rain Dance
Rain Dance
51988HD
A farming family and their livestock dance during a much-needed downpour in this Quay Brothers short made for Sesame Street.
1991
The Comb
The Comb
6.71991HD
A porcelain doll’s explorations of a dreamer’s imagination.
1993
Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods
Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods
6.11993HD
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...
2003
Songs for Dead Children
Songs for Dead Children
5.22003HD
Inspired by Gustav Mahler's "Kindertotenlieder," made for the Tate Gallery, London, and has never been released. "There's something we did for the...
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".
2011
Behind the Scenes with the Quay Brothers
Behind the Scenes with the Quay Brothers
02011HD
This short documentary documents the making of the film the Quay Brothers shot at, and on the subject of, the Mütter Museum of The College of...
2010
Wonderwood: Comme des garçons
Wonderwood: Comme des garçons
62010HD
A bird acts as an alchemist in an enchanted forest, selecting different kinds of wood to combine them in a parquet floor.
1993
Anamorphosis
Anamorphosis
6.61993HD
The Quays' interest in esoteric illusions finds its perfect realization in this fascinating animated lecture on the art of anamorphosis. This...