Jiri Barta Toys In The Attic

Voiced by an all star cast this critically acclaimed animated film unlocks a secret world of discarded toys knick knacks and assorted junk long forgotten in an old attic.

Jiri barta toys in the attic.

The setting for the film was inspired by the cultural and political contrast of the cold war era and its impact on director jiri barta and the czech republic. Film clips and behind the scenes stills of the production of na pude aka toys in the attic are presented in this brief retrospective on czech animation master jiri barta. Jiri barta s amazing new film is not just a masterpiece of animation. Discarded items from antique toys to rotten potatoes take on a life of their own when discarded in the attic of a czech home during the cold war.

The world of the attic is divided into the land of happy toys in the west and the land of evil in the east. Jirí barta was born on november 26 1948 in prague czechoslovakia. Synopsis in an attic full of discarded junk a pretty doll called buttercup lives in an old trunk together with her friends the marionette prince charming lazy teddy bear and the plasticine creature schubert. It s a celebration of imagination and invention.

When buttercup is snatched and taken off to the land of evil her pals set out to rescue her. Watching jiří barta s stop motion masterpiece toys in the attic makes you realize that no amount of movie making budget can substitute for the power of a talented visionary with a clever story a dedicated crew a camera and an attic full of dusty old rubbish. Na pude aneb kdo má dneska narozeniny. This short film was.

The strange often beautiful beings in the animated feature toys in the attic exist in a faraway land located somewhere between czech surrealism and pixar communitarianism.