{"id":9774,"date":"2025-10-24T10:39:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T02:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/minikino.org\/articles\/?p=9774"},"modified":"2025-11-05T15:22:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T07:22:15","slug":"joko-takes-claymation-to-absurd-new-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minikino.org\/articles\/joko-takes-claymation-to-absurd-new-heights\/","title":{"rendered":"Joko Takes Claymation to Absurd New Heights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When Izabela Plucinska talks about her latest film <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Joko<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, her face lights up with refreshing candor and obvious passion. \u201cClaymation still fascinates me\u201d, says all smiles the veteran Polish director with close to 20 animation short films under her belt.\u00a0 Her contagious good humor seems at odds with the more sombre tone of her films, which often flirt with the taboo, from domestic violence to the pangs of mature sex. And still, Izabela feels that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Joko<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> might just be her darkest story yet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The film is based on the novel (and later play) <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Joko celebrates his birthday<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Roland Topor, an author of Polish origins whose stories marked by black humor and cruel absurdity have had a lasting influence on popular culture in her home country. A real shapeshifter, alternatingly novelist, illustrator or playwright, Topor made a notable incursion into the world of animation, collaborating with Gaston Leroux, most notably co-writing and contributing the stunning visual art for his cult classic <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Forbidden Planet<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Although he never directed himself, his stories have constantly appealed to filmmakers, including a certain Roman Polanski who brought his novel<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The Tenant<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to the screen in his 1976 eponymous film<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A few years ago, Izabela first adapted his novel<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Portrait of Suzanne <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">could not help but being drawn back to his extravagant world. \u201cThe black humor, the macabre, the grotesque\u2026somehow it stays with me\u201d she muses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What attracted her to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Joko <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Izabela Plucinska \/ Poland, Germany, Czech Republic \/ 2024)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is how it unapologetically addresses the hard topic of modern-day slavery and shows how easily people can accept unthinkable situations until they become the norm, simply forgetting to stand up for themselves. Struggling to make ends meet with his degrading job at a factory, Joko accidently becomes a human mount for rich people descending on his small city and looking for a convenient ride. Offended at first, he quickly realizes that he can make much needed extra money\u00a0 if he can let go of his dignity and pride. Although published at the onset of the 1970s, the story strongly echoes with the current state of the world, making it disturbingly more relevant than ever. Ironically, the book has helped Izabela keeping a healthy distance with the onslaught of recent depressing news and keeping the gloom at bay. Beyond this existentialist angst, exploring and laying bare the complexity and dark side of human relationships is the true leitmotiv in her filmography. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Joko<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is no exception as we witness his desperate attempts at navigating toxic family dynamics personified by his overbearing mother, who treats her own children with shameless cruelty and nurtures an unhealthy obsession for money.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Topor\u2019s wealth of dialogues sprinkled with biting wit and wordplay proved difficult to approach for the director who had to find the right balance to convey the depth of the narrative and the richness of its language within a crisp 15 minutes. \u201cWith animation you must know before you start. It gives me a lot of freedom but also forces me to be concrete about what I want to achieve.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Creating the characters was a much easier process in comparison. Comfortable with her medium of choice after so many years, she naturally started playing with clay, organically bringing to life caricatural beings with ridiculously big heads or deformed body parts, matching the grotesque of the story.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9776\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9776\" style=\"width: 917px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9776\" src=\"https:\/\/minikino.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/JOKO_still_1-1-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"917\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minikino.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/JOKO_still_1-1-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/minikino.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/JOKO_still_1-1-1024x554.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/minikino.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/JOKO_still_1-1-768x415.jpg 768w, https:\/\/minikino.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/JOKO_still_1-1-1536x830.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/minikino.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/JOKO_still_1-1.jpg 1998w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 917px) 100vw, 917px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Film Still of Joko (2024) by Izabela Pluci\u0144ska<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With its extreme plasticity and organic feel, what better than claymation to emphasize the surrealist situations Joko finds himself in, from carrying a well-endowed woman on his back all over town to literally merging with other characters into a human maelstrom of insanity. To accentuate the sense of absurdity in these unnatural situations, the director insisted on playing with perspective, especially for the running scenes and exaggerated body movements. To achieve this, the most complex scenes were meticulously storyboarded, each movement with ever-changing angles drawn in detail. Based on this, her small team of only 4 animators set out to create an astounding total of 500 puppets, some of them used for as little as one second on screen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hard to believe when you see the final result, that Izabela thought at first of using simple black sets as if in a theater to let the puppets and the animation shine. That was until Susanna Jerger, a modeler who created backgrounds for several Wes Anderson films, came on board. Joko\u2019s town became a character of its own, entirely built in hand painted clay, from its busy streets to the minuscule lush red curtains of the hotel where Joko\u2019s rich clients are staying. Down to the very sky minutely painted in orange hues channeling a dystopian sunset. But what really strikes you when watching the film is an explosive visual energy rarely seen in claymation. Izabela is all praise for her small team of talents gathered from Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic, who combined their skills to pull off this feat. For her who learnt animation 30 years ago equipped\u00a0 with multi-plane tables and 35mm cameras, it was new territory and fascinating to witness the possibilities of digital post-production. Countless photos of elements of the sets were taken, scanned and processed. Extra camera movements were added to boost the dynamism of Joko\u2019s crazy rides. Blending analog claymation and digital after effects, the result does look incredible and genuinely still blows away the director herself.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That sense of wonder that seems to emanate from her at all times is taking Izabela on a myriad of new projects. As a teacher of animation, she is excited to spot new talents and to work with them. She is currently involved in a project by one of her students and will soon join her <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Joko<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> team member Karolina Sendecka on her short film focusing on Picasso\u2019s time spent in the 60s in communist Poland. She is also starting her own next project soon, an erotic film inspired by the work of South African artist William Kentridge. This will be her third film using charcoal and she is already looking forward to experimenting with new textures and possibilities. And just like that it seems she has already jumped into another world, smiling almost mischievously.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Penulis: <a href=\"https:\/\/minikino.org\/articles\/author\/heleneouv\/\">H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Ouvrard<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An article based on an interview with Izabela Pluci\u0144ska (director and writer of Joko) by H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Ouvrard &#8211; August 1st, 2025. 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