As the short continues, the mute protagonist explores a realm of what are described by the directors as "mechanical realities and manufactured pleasures". The desolate ambience and haunting musical score are meant to convey a sense of isolation and futility. Released, the puppet warily explores the darkened rooms about him. Plot Ī man closes up a lecture hall he spits into a box and snips the string holding a gaunt puppet. Rather than literally representing the childhood memoirs of Schulz, the animators used the story's mood and psychological undertones as inspiration for their own creation. " The Street of Crocodiles" was originally a short story written by Bruno Schulz, from a story collection published under that title in English translation. Street of Crocodiles is a 21-minute-long stop-motion animation short subject directed and produced by the Brothers Quay and released in 1986.
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