Inner Sanctums - Quay Brothers: The Collected Animated Films 1979 - 2013 [Blu-ray]

The brothers quey are not for everyone. I love the wierd, dark and beautiful film. They worked in documentary using original stop motion sections but mainly stop motion stories used puppets.This collects most of there short films in one place with a few extras. There are a few extras on the dvd edition that's not here such as interviews.The films are wierd and dark and not always clear but artistic and symbolic. Well animated puppetry and cinematography.I have both the bfi dvd and now this blu ray. Happy buy for the missing shorts.

Excellent collection of dark and surreal stop motion. Well worth the money

As previous reviewers have said you either like it or hate it. Personally I love it, strange and hauntingly beautiful, with a hint of horror.

Love the Wuays and thier quirky animated works. Interesting reference too for anyone creative

Quirky and ominously gorgeous.

Excellent upgrade to Blu-ray, plus extended collection of these marvelous iconoclastic art house works by the Brothers Quay.

If you are already familiar with the Quay’s animated works, you can skip to the next paragraph. If their world is completely unknown to you, but you have a fondness, or preferably an obsession, for detail, dedication, delirium, delusion and dreams, you are in for a treat. Otherwise, better go and look online for Quay Brother’s clips before getting any closer - ‘Street of Crocodiles’ and ‘In Absentia’ should be enough of a test for anyone.This is the second Quay Brothers Collection issued by the BFI and the first UK collection on blu-ray. The BFI have really entered into the spirit of things by using the Quay’s bespoke BFI ident on both discs – a fine start to what is an amazing collection of work.If you already have the BFI DVD collection (and who wouldn’t?), of course there are duplications, but the climb in quality alone - these transfers are excellent - makes this blu-ray an essential purchase for key followers. And the additional items should close it for the uncommitted: over 3hrs 20m of new material (well, around 2hrs 50m if you also own ‘Institute Benjamenta’, as two items are included on that disc). Never mind, let the Quay Brothers choice of high-quality film stock reach full realisation via this astounding new set.There are other reasons to tempt: the original music written by Zdeněk Liška for ‘The Phantom Museum’ has been restored, (this was long unavailable due to copyright problems), and there is a fascinating half-hour film showing the Quays in the process of making ‘Through the Weeping Glass’ at the Medical Collection of the College of Physicians, Philadelphia. Add a rather nice 40-page booklet which includes an extended Quay Brothers Dictionary, and your decision should be made.I could go on, but if you really do appreciate the Quay’s work, this set gives you just about everything you could want from a pair of true originals.Finally, I should point out that, not wanting a Prime subscription, I did not take advantage of this very good price offer but purchased directly from the BFI, who, I think, really should consider getting their hands dirty and replacing their ‘film forever’ ident with the Quay’s, on a permanent basis.