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the film’s unique structure of memories within memories within flashbacks are like Russian nesting dolls -- all shot by DOP Václav Hanuš in some of the most remarkable B&W images since NIGHT OF THE HUNTER

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HOFFMANIADA Deluxe Limited Edition merch film critic & historian PeterHOFFMANIADA 2018, Soyuzmultfilm, 78 min. One of the most luminously beautiful and richly detailed stop motion features in recent memory, Russian director Stanislav Sokolovs masterwork finally arrives in North America. Adapted from the writings of famed Gothic fantasy author E. T. A. Hoffman (best known for The Nutcracker & The Mouse King), HOFFMANIADA is a visually stunning cross between Henry Selick circa JAMES & THE GIANT PEACH and THE NIGHTMARE