Review of The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (2005) by Mike M — 09 Aug 2009
A bizarre and artsy film that unfortunately lacks an emotional punch to back up the interesting visuals. The Brothers Quay are primarily animators and designers. I do not regard them as filmmakers, per se.
Their films are fairly unique and surreal, drawing from the works of Jan Svankmajer and Guy Maddin, German expressionism and stop-motion animation, but the stories seem overly cerebral and nonsensical- weirdness for weirdness' sake.
I think their early film "Instituta Benjamenta" was slightly more coherent, but this is a much more visually striking film.
This review of The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (2005) was written by Mike M on 09 Aug 2009.
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes has generally received positive reviews.
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