Phantom Museums: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers (Zeitgeist)
Even if you’ve never heard of these stop-motion animators, if you’re a Tool fan you’re already familiar with their iconic style of filmmaking. Tool guitarist and artistic coordinator Adam Jones is a huge fan of the work of identical twins Stephen and Timothy Quay, and used techniques they pioneered to create the Tool videos “Sober” and “Prison Sex.” “Phantom Museums: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers” is a double-DVD set that brings the viewer deeper than ever into the surreal, unsettling and fantastic world of the Quays. The first disc features 13 of the animators’ classics, including “The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer” (1984), “This Unnameable Little Broom (Epic of Gilgamesh)” (1985) and “The Comb” (1990). The second DVD includes audio commentaries, interviews, alternative versions and unrealized pilot projects. If the strange and wonderful characters in these stop-motion masterpieces leaves you wanting more, check out their recently released full-length feature The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes.

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