Pavel Koutský

Much like in the real world, everything in the latest film by the classic of Czech hand-drawn animation has its dark side. The author elaborates on that quite literally as his film has two parts: an optimistic part taking place on one side of the paper and a pessimistic part taking place on the other.

Much like in the real world, everything in the latest film by the classic of Czech hand-drawn animation has its dark side. The author elaborates on that quite literally as his film has two parts: an optimistic part taking place on one side of the paper and a pessimistic part taking place on the other.

Pavel Koutský, the classic of Czech animation, once again addresses a topical issue: in the contemporary world, we are all both puppeteers and puppets without even noticing it. In his film, Koutský asks the question who is the object and who is the subject and who controls whom.

Pavel Koutský, the classic of Czech animation, once again addresses a topical issue: in the contemporary world, we are all both puppeteers and puppets without even noticing it. In his film, Koutský asks the question who is the object and who is the subject and who controls whom.