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Alice (1988)

Original title: Neco z Alenky

“A film made for children… perhaps?”

1988 · 1 h 26 min
Directed by Jan Švankmajer
AdventureAnimationFamily

Cast

Kristýna Kohoutová

Credits

Written by: Lewis Carroll Jan Švankmajer
Cinematography: Svatopluk Malý
Editing: Marie Zemanová
Produced by: Peter-Christian Fueter

Plot

A girl falls asleep and follows a stuffed white rabbit with scissors into a strange world of stop-motion animation, where she meets creatures made of bones, socks, animals and household objects. She grows and shrinks, falls through a drawer and is menaced by the rabbit. Jan Švankmajer's 1988 film, a surreal adaptation of Lewis Carroll's story, is dark and tactile, and has been influential on many animators.

Sinekatalog’s take

Jan Švankmajer's stop-motion Alice is a creepy, surreal reimagining of Carroll. Full of rattling bones, taxidermy and meat, it is dark, tactile and unsettling, a brilliant nightmare more than a children's fantasy.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (15,409 votes)
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