Jiri Barta Toys In The Attic

The world of the attic is divided into the land of happy toys in the west and the land of evil in the east.

Jiri barta toys in the attic.

Jiří barta and edgar dutka wrote the script originally titled whose birthday is it today before it was renamed toys in the attic from 1998 to 2000 with the intention of creating a story that was family orientated sellable to producers and having elements of a child s imagination. When buttercup is snatched and taken off to the land of evil her pals set out to rescue her. Jirí barta was born on november 26 1948 in prague czechoslovakia. He is a director and writer known for toys in the attic 2009 the pied piper 1986 and diskzokej 1980.

This short film was. Voiced by an all star cast this critically acclaimed animated film unlocks a secret world of discarded toys knick knacks and assorted junk long forgotten in an old attic. The strange often beautiful beings in the animated feature toys in the attic exist in a faraway land located somewhere between czech surrealism and pixar communitarianism. Discarded items from antique toys to rotten potatoes take on a life of their own when discarded in the attic of a czech home during the cold war.

It s a celebration of imagination and invention. The setting for the film was inspired by the cultural and political contrast of the cold war era and its impact on director jiri barta and the czech republic. Synopsis in an attic full of discarded junk a pretty doll called buttercup lives in an old trunk together with her friends the marionette prince charming lazy teddy bear and the plasticine creature schubert. Film clips and behind the scenes stills of the production of na pude aka toys in the attic are presented in this brief retrospective on czech animation master jiri barta.

Jiri barta s amazing new film is not just a masterpiece of animation.