
We don’t try to emulate what’s outside our window, that’s the last thing we want to emulate.
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.
Directed byChristopher Nolan
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Stephen Quay
Self

Timothy Quay
Self


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