Jan was born and raised in Prague, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic), and is a Czech Surrealist artist and is know for his surreal or some would say wired animations and features, influencing other artists of the likes of Tim Burton, The Brothers Quay and many more. A lot of his works consist of inanimate objects moving and coming to life though the use of stop motion, and clay animation, though he tends to use more live action than any of the previous two. It is because of these distinct features that he has gained a reputation for over several decades, and is even still admired to the present day.
The film short ‘Meat Love’ is a live action/stop motion short which is only just over a minute long and is as the title suggests, two pieces of meat that happen to fall in love, make love, and then end up getting cooked in a frying pan. A lot of different feelings and emotions are cramped in to just a minute short, for example it is wired because with two pieces of meat that have been cut you wouldn’t expect them to just start moving around on their own. Also he manages to create some comedy as well, which helps take away the tense moment when you first see the meats come alive.
I was a bit unpleased to see that it was only a minute long, but at the same time after I watched it at home a few times over I could see that Jan structured it very well, he didn’t beat around the bush in terms of the narrative. We got introduced to what was supposedly the characters (being the meat), an event or two happened and finally the conclusion or round up to the story, nothing more and nothing less. I recommend anyone I know to watch this, whether they want to watch something that will make them think ‘that’s wired’ or even just to get a little giggle out of it.
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