If you loved The Last Trick, try Punch and Judy

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Jan Švankmajer, and they both carry the surreal mood tag, and they sit in Animation territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Last Trick, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Punch and Judy is

Punch and Judy without redemption. Two glove puppets violently vie for possession of a living guinea pig. Švankmajer's stop-motion short delivers a bleak, brutal take on a traditional comic trope.

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