I thought I'd share this clip of the Brother's Quay called "Street of Crocodiles" mainly because of what these two have always inspired in me. Stephen and Timothy Quay are identical twins originally from Pennsylvania, but moved to England to study and create their stop motion films. I caught this piece at an animation festival back in the mid 80's and was hypnotized from the first frame. Never had I seen anything like it at the time and those images stuck in my mind for years. I was lucky enough to find their work on DVD several years ago, and highly recommend you grab a copy if it's still to be had. There are some amazing pieces included on the disc.
Unfortunately this is just a small segment and I believe the complete work runs around 12 minutes. However, it does give you a nice taste of their genius and you can see where Tim Burton and others got their inspiration.
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