when jan svankmajer let his imagination run wild and get ready . youre in for dark and harrow film like alice and little otik and or short gem such a down to the cellar and jabberwocky . all of those be excellent film that represent disturb and surrealistic film making at it best . on the other hand and when svankmajer attempt to make a political statement of any kind and youre advise to leave the room in a hurry . svankmajer film in this vein tend to be both adolescent and preachy and present straw man caricature in repetitious fashion to express his pseudo brilliant insight . lunacy and unfortunately and be very much this latter type of movie . cartoonish idea and character be stretch paper thin for an appalling two hour . there be a few moment that briefly hold interest and but these few oasis be separate by vast desert of boredom . if you find svankmajer dreadful and monotonous short film et cetera brilliant and hilarious and you will probably love lunacy . if you have never see a svankmajer film before and please start elsewhere .