Dimensions of Dialogue is a 1982 short film by Jan Švankmajer, features three different plays about communication through brilliantly crafted stop-motion art.
Factual conversation: At the end, no one is consumed by one another; everyone is following one path, where all are the same. Is that the path of righteousness they are following, or is that a representation of reality illustrating the distortion of evolution in all organisms? All I understand is that whatever that is at the end, something has led to this awful outcome, where all beings have turned into a mass-produced item. It has smoothed out all the uniqueness, differences, and diversity in these species, resulting in a colourless culture of beings. What is it? I’m not sure.
Passionate conversation: From embracing love to destruction. A stop motion painting in which the passion in a couple is worn out when something is formed in their life as they make love. Here, something can be a baby, but it can also be a mistake, an affair, an issue, anything that resulted in the destruction of one another. That’s the beauty of not giving it a clear form. Anything that “touches” the feelings in a couple, if not properly communicated, can destroy the most passionate of relationships or easily turn love into rage.
Exhaustive conversation: A depiction of the chaos that is produced when one tries to take up the role of the other or when the duties are reversed. There lies a thin line of order and anarchy, if altered, can lead to chaos; all that is left will be ruins. I am not sure how to interpret the third part of the film or what to take from it. As I mature, I may gain a deeper understanding of it.