Timothy Quay Movies

  • 1993
    Anamorphosis

    Anamorphosis

    Anamorphosis

    6.51993HD

    The Quays' interest in esoteric illusions finds its perfect realization in this fascinating animated lecture on the art of anamorphosis. This...

    Anamorphosis
  • 1991
    The Comb

    The Comb

    The Comb

    6.71991HD

    A porcelain doll’s explorations of a dreamer’s imagination.

    The Comb
  • 2000
    The Sandman

    The Sandman

    The Sandman

    62000HD

    One of several collaborative dance films by the Brothers Quay & (dancer, choreographer) William Tuckett. Little enough info around on line, but...

    The Sandman
  • 2007
    Alice in Not So Wonderland

    Alice in Not So Wonderland

    Alice in Not So Wonderland

    5.72007HD

    The story of Alice in Wonderland, explored in the stop-motion world of the Quay brothers.

    Alice in Not So Wonderland
  • 2007
    Eurydice: She, So Beloved

    Eurydice: She, So Beloved

    Eurydice: She, So Beloved

    5.62007HD

    Commissioned by Opera North, the Brothers Quay created the installation and film 'She, So Beloved' inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem...

    Eurydice: She, So Beloved
  • 2001
    Stille Nacht V: Dog Door

    Stille Nacht V: Dog Door

    Stille Nacht V: Dog Door

    62001HD

    Tom Waits, the brothers Quay, and a dog door.

    Stille Nacht V: Dog Door
  • 1988
    Stille Nacht I: Dramolet

    Stille Nacht I: Dramolet

    Stille Nacht I: Dramolet

    6.2971988HD

    A magnet moves on a floor. A moth beats against a window. A doll child watches the magnet; threads of metal filings gather around the magnet.

    Stille Nacht I: Dramolet
  • 1987
    Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies

    Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies

    Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies

    6.51987HD

    Stop-motion animated short film in which, among other things, a man made of wire looks malevolent.

    Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies
  • 1979
    Nocturna Artificialia

    Nocturna Artificialia

    Nocturna Artificialia

    5.81979HD

    Enigmatic, stop-motion, animated story of a man's day.

    Nocturna Artificialia
  • 2003
    Songs for Dead Children

    Songs for Dead Children

    Songs for Dead Children

    52003HD

    Another short, grainy film from the Quay Brothers. This one has funny singing in it.

    Songs for Dead Children
  • 1985
    This Unnameable Little Broom

    This Unnameable Little Broom

    This Unnameable Little Broom

    6.11985HD

    Stop-motion animated short film in which a puppet on a trike captures a puppet bird-man.

    This Unnameable Little Broom
  • 1993
    Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods

    Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods

    Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods

    61993HD

    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...

    Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods
  • 1981
    Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy

    Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy

    Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy

    51981HD

    An unusual documentary from the Brothers Quay and Keith Griffiths about the history of the Punch and Judy puppet show.

    Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy
  • 2022
    Ghosts and Whispers

    Ghosts and Whispers

    Ghosts and Whispers

    02022HD

    An unbroken sequence of fragments, last thoughts, elegies and absences by Schubert, Mozart, Wagner, Janáček, Stravinsky, Jacquet de la...

    Ghosts and Whispers
  • 1981
    The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode

    The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode

    The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode

    61981HD

    Using the tricks of the Flemish playwright's own trade--puppetry, masks, and a Breughelesque sense of bizarre carnival, the collaborators succeeded...

    The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode
  • 1989
    Ex Voto

    Ex Voto

    Ex Voto

    41989HD

    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...

    Ex Voto
  • 2006
    The Making of

    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

    The Making of
  • 1982
    Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929

    Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929

    Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929

    61982HD

    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...

    Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929
  • 2009
    The Bug Trainer

    The Bug Trainer

    The Bug Trainer

    42009HD

    The Bug Trainer explores Starewitch’s creative ideas and concepts of his work, along with opinions from film critics and other animation...

    The Bug Trainer
  • 1983
    Janáček: Intimate Excursions

    Janáček: Intimate Excursions

    Janáček: Intimate Excursions

    51983HD

    Janacek: Intimate Excursions is a short experimental documentary that attempts to find visual references in the correspondence of Leos Janacek, the...

    Janáček: Intimate Excursions