Absurdity of life has been celebrated by many genius artists (who may have done so mainly to save themselves from drowning in a massive depression otherwise, or jumping straight from the White Cliffs of Dover, or whatever was handy at the time and location), and beautifully commented on actual social and political events.

To celebrate this absurdity of life once again here the fabulous Jan Švankmajer with “Byt /The Flat” (1968), watch Ivan Kraus struggling with his expectations that life goes according to plan: