Review of Alice

Alice (1988)
7/10
Alice
12 March 2009
Warning: Spoilers
I think I liked the idea of seeing another adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic, Alice in Wonderland, especially with stop motion from Czechoslovakia and Faust director Jan Svankmajer. It follows most of the same storyline, but with originally bizarre digressions, as Alice (Kristýna Kohoutová, the only flesh and blood character) says at the beginning, "it's a film made for children... perhaps?" So Alice follows the complex White Rabbit into the Wonderland world, where she also encounters the Caterpillar (made of a sock, a couple of glass eyes and false teeth), the Mad Hatter (an old wooden puppet) and March Hare (a wind up tatty puppet), and the King and Queen of Hearts (cards), and a new addition, as well as scary fish, skeleton birds, and a slab of raw meat? This is certainly more absurd than the Disney or Fiona Fullerton versions, it is darker, a light sinister feel, and even with its simplicity, the animation more than makes up for it, and makes this quite a watchable film. With English narration by Camilla Power. Very good!
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