A man is menaced by his subconscious in this clip from Dušan Marek’s experimental film, Cobweb on a Parachute. Marek’s design of the mysterious figure, with its faceless wooden head, contributes to the film’s slow, considered and unsettling atmosphere. The percussive heartbeat on the soundtrack and close-ups of a clenched hand add to the tension.

Cobweb on a Parachute explores themes of self-awareness and psychological duality, with the bearded man literally facing his unconscious self. Marek uses thought-provoking symbolism (snails on a window) and props (the wooden head) to convey complex ideas through film.