The Vanished World of Gloves
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The Vanished World of Gloves

7.1 / 10 1982 17mNR Czech
Animation

Storyline

Using an array of gloves in different styles and from different historical periods, the film is a short history of the cinema - from silent movies via pastiches of Buñuel and Fellini and Close Encounters of the Third Kind to a futurist junkyard where tin cans become animated police cars in a city of urban decay.

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jiří Barta's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. The Vanished World of Gloves is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker