Featuring all 26 entries in the official filmography, this is the world's first complete DVD edition of the short films by the legendary Czech Surrealist filmmaker-animator Jan ?vankmajer. Technically and conceptually astonishing in their own right, these films are also as remarkable for their philosophical consistency as for their frequently mind-boggling imagery. This package also includes a bonus short, Johanes Doktor Faust (1958), the longer cut of 'The Cabinet of Jan ?vankmajer' with a new introduction by the Quay Brothers, the documentary Les Chimeres des ?vankmajer (2001), interviews with Jan and Eva ?vankmajer and examples of their work in other media. There's also a chance to see some ?vankmajer special effects, created when he was banned from directing his own films.