12 Feb 1975
So Absent-Minded
Based on a poem by Samuil Marshak about an incredibly absent-minded man from Leningrad.
Cadaverous Dreamscape of an Unborn Maggot
Experimental animation made with nails, hair, teeth and a doll.
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