Aug 19, 2015
8 min
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Quay (2015)

In 2015, Christopher Nolan curated a selection of short films by the surrealist animators the Quay Brothers to be distributed as a touring 35mm presentation. The three films—"In Absentia" (2000), "The Comb" (1991) and "Street of Crocodiles" (1986)—were accompanied by this brief portrait of the brothers at work in their London studio.

Category

Documentary

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

Syncopy Zeitgeist

Stephen Quay

Self

Timothy Quay

Self

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