Kafka Band - The Grave [Amazing animated Musicvideo]

Dear dystopians,

today I discovered a very cool animated video by a czech band called "Kafka Band":

Kafka Band - Grab/Hrob/The Grave

"The Grave" is part of a ten-song album inspired by "The Castle", an unfinished novel by Franz Kafka.

The video was directed by animator Noro Holder, the moody woodcut-inspired visuals come from a graphic novel adaptation of "The Castle" illustrated by Jaromír 99.

The protagonist, known only as K., arrives in a mountain village buried under deep snows in the middle of winter, dominated by a looming castle above it, shrouded in mist. Attempting to gain contact with the inhabitants of the castle, the officials who run the bureaucracy governing the village, K. repeatedly finds himself misunderstanding and transgressing the multitude of confusing and contradictory rules and regulations that dictate the daily life of the villagers. Kafka’s atmospheric and brooding tale of extreme bureaucracy explores themes of solitude, isolation, loss, and companionship.

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Here is the english translation of the lyrics, that are taken directly from the original german version of Kafkas work:

The Grave

I’m dreaming of

Being with you

Without interruption

On earth

There is no space

For our love

Not in the village

Not anywhere else.

Deep in the earth / around us only death / the living won’t find us.

I’m imagining a grave

Deep and tight

We hold each other

My face next to yours

Yours next to mine

Nobody will ever see us

On earth there is no space

For our love.

Deep in the earth / around us only death / the living won’t find us.

Via

Thanks for watching!

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