Brothers Quay Talk ‘Humble Craft’ of Animation, Tease New Project: ‘There’s No Script Yet, but We’re Getting There’

By Marta Balaga

Marta Balaga

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No one tells Stephen and Timothy Quay what to do. 

“They don’t dare,” they tell Variety. The Quay brothers – at Annecy to receive the Honorary Cristal award – are identical twins and always speak as one voice.

“We need the freedom. Otherwise, we wouldn’t do it. Christopher Nolan commissioned [‘The Doll’s Breath’] because he liked our work. His only requirement was that we shoot it on 35mm. Otherwise, he didn’t care.”

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