Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay, Keith Griffiths, Larry Sider Punch Judy (1981)

Punch Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy (1981) Following Punch and Judy from their malevolent medieval personas through their muchmollified assimilation into English folklore, this film finally restores the odd couple to their rightful roles as hairraising anarchists. It is a stunning mixture of mime, mask, painting, crudely animated documents and mischievously reanimated newsreels, as well as the demonic atonalities of a modernist opera by Harrison Britwistle brought to life in a puppet fanta