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Quay Brothers’ “Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass” to get theatrical release

From The Film Stage press release:

We’re delighted to exclusively announce that KimStim has acquired all North American rights to the Quay Brothers’ Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass. A stop-motion/live-action masterpiece inspired by the works of Jewish-Polish author and artist Bruno Schulz, this personal passion project is their first feature since 2005’s The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes.
KimStim plans to release the film theatrically later this year. Ian Stimler negotiated the deal with Thania Dimitrakopoulou, sales executive of The Match Factory, in Cologne.
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass first premiered as an Official Selection: Giornate degli Autori at the 2024 Venice International Film Festival. The film is not a direct adaptation of the source material but a visual-poetic homage, blending stop-motion animation with projection-based theatrical staging that’s more about evoking Schulz’s mood and texture than telling a straightforward story.

I enjoyed the Quay Brothers previous film based on Bruno Schulz’s stories, so I’m looking forward to seeing this one. I might have to read Schulz stories again to get reacquainted with the “mood and texture” he employs.

There is also the 1973 Polish movie, directed by Wojciech Jerzy Has based on the same material. I’m happy to see Steve Mobia’s page on this movie and its themes is still available to read.

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