I was just reading about The Tree of Codes and then came across a review of The Street of Crocodiles “Bruno Schulz”, Discovering Schulz is like reading Kafka or Robert Walser for the first time: my reaction was something like, “Well. Here is a new way of looking at the world.” So this book seems essential reading now and definitely to be read before tackling the Foer .
A voluntary exile, he took himself off to an empty room at the end
of the passage and there immured himself in solitude.
We forgot him.
The Brothers Quay also did a short film called ‘The Street of Crocodiles’ inspired by Schulz. It doesn’t really depict events from the book, however i hope you enjoy it ....
Street of Crocodiles is a 21-minute-long stop-motion animation short subject directed and produced by the Brothers Quay and released in 1986.
The Street of Crocodiles was originally a short novel written by Bruno Schulz, from a story collection published under that title in English translation. Rather than literally representing the childhood memoirs of Schulz, the animators used the story's mood and psychological undertones as inspiration for their own creation.
Although heavily metaphorical, the piece also exemplifies the experimental and curious nature of the Quays' work. Rather than examining the potential symbolism of such props as screws, dust, string, and wind-up monkeys, many shots seem to focus on the movements and inherent characteristics of the materials. Like most of their films, the Brothers Quay employ a more musically-grounded structure in place of a straight-forward literal narrative in Street of Crocodiles.
The Street of Crocodiles was originally a short novel written by Bruno Schulz, from a story collection published under that title in English translation. Rather than literally representing the childhood memoirs of Schulz, the animators used the story's mood and psychological undertones as inspiration for their own creation.
Although heavily metaphorical, the piece also exemplifies the experimental and curious nature of the Quays' work. Rather than examining the potential symbolism of such props as screws, dust, string, and wind-up monkeys, many shots seem to focus on the movements and inherent characteristics of the materials. Like most of their films, the Brothers Quay employ a more musically-grounded structure in place of a straight-forward literal narrative in Street of Crocodiles.
The "unofficial" DVD version of the Nine Inch Nails video Closure contains a clip in which Mark Romanek, the director of the video for Closer, explains that the video was heavily influenced by this animation.The American rock band Tool has employed stop-motion effects in many of their music videos. A strong influence from the Quays' work, and especially The Street of Crocodiles, is obvious in the videos for Sober and Prison Sex.
source: Wikipedia
