Lonely, quiet, post apocalyptic, poetic, disturbing, beautiful, complex and very expressionistic...The Brothers Quay tell a story about a man called Jakob, who arrives at at an institute to train how to be a servant. The institute is run by a brother and sister who are very strict on the performance of their students (one of the lessons involves swaying from side to side for hours and another is falling down one student after another).
Jakob narrates the story in a form of a poetic diary. He feels pressured, abused and sometimes seduced by his teacher (the beautiful Alice Krige). Atmosphere, animation, absurdity and a sense of rigor mortis drive this piece to an almost Lynchian conclusion with enough 16mm black and white reversal stock to wrap a mummy around.
It's definately not a movie you should seek out, rather, let yourself stumble upon it...almost by accident. And then when you do, discover it. It's definately not in the norm and gladly so.