Surrealist master Jan Svankmajer (FAUST, ALICE) brings a famous Czech
legend eerily to life in the darkly hilarious cautionary tale of LITTLE OTIK. An
ordinary couple, Karel and Bozena, are unable to conceive a child. When Karel
digs up a tree root and whittles something vaguely resembling a human baby,
Bozena's maternal longings transform the stump into a living creature with a
(literally) monstrous appetite that can't be met with baby formula. Svankmajer
brilliantly mixes his wicked humor with his subversive politics and love of
mythology into a stunning live-action fable for our times.
- NTSC / Region 1
- English subtitles
- THE FLAT, a 1969 short film by Jan Svankmajer
- An interview with Svankmajer by Czech cinema expert Peter Hames
- Excerpts from Svankmajer's production diary
- Behind-the-scenes photo archive
- Original theatrical trailer
- Original aspect ratio: 1.33:1
'Rivals 'The Exorcist',
'Rosemary's Baby' and 'Eraserhead' as a disturbing treatise on the fear of
parenthood.'
- Andrew Johnston, THE NEW YORK
TIMES
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