"Dimensions of Dialogue" is a Czechoslovakian animated film, directed by Jan Svankmajer. The film was released on 1982 and has won 3 major awards, along with Terry Gilliam's personal selection of being one of the 10 best animated films of all time. Like most of Svankmajer's films, "Dimensions of Dialogue" is animated using the technique of stop-motion, and is divided in three parts: "Eternal Conversation", "Passionate Discourse", and "Exhaustive Discussion". These three parts are all abstract representations of human interaction, as the abstruse and cryptic meaning behind the animation resolves around the pessimistic impossibility of true communication and understanding. During the first part, 3 Arcimboldo-like humanoid creatures composed of different parts (one metallic, one paper, and another made from vegetables) take turns in devouring each other before spitting themselves out in new and disassembled forms. This segment dwells upon the aspect of people within a society: the most organic and primal of people, the scholarly and intellectual layers, and the most mechanical, all of which acquire the same appearance an the end of the action which insinuates the biological unity that hides behind all of our accolades. We are all humans. The second part explores the concept of communication between significant others, where going through the amorous ritual of sexuality and the barbaric discourse of misunderstanding grants the same outcome: both lovers meld together beyond recognition, however, one suggesting unity and the other destruction. Thus, the last segment ruminates upon the difficulties of compatible language and interests among humans, as there is more misunderstanding in absurd communication than there is comprehensibility. Less matches, more mismatches...
"Dimensions of Dialogue" -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JitQGpTwUyY
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