Synopsis: A memorably bizarre screen version of Lewis Carroll's novel "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", mixing one live actor (Alice) with a large variety of stop-motion animated creatures, ranging from the complex (the White Rabbit) to the incredibly simple (the Caterpillar, consisting of a sock, a couple of glass eyes and a pair of false teeth). The original story is followed reasonably faithfully, though those familiar with this director's other films won't be the least bit surprised by the numerous digressions into Svankmajer territory, living slabs of meat and all. As the opening narration says, it's a film made for children... perhaps?
Reviews: Washington Post | EyeForFilm.co.uk | Rotten Tomatoes | IMDb (external reviews)
Svankmajer's sinister visual music has an irresistible potency and allure. Watching it, we feel the enthrallment of the irrational. It takes us back to a time in the history of movies when audiences responded to the images on screen with a combination of awe and fear, when in submitting to them, we felt as if we were submitting to a spell. -- Hal Hinson
IMDb Rating: 7.4/10 (3,548 votes)
Directed by: Jan Svankmajer
Cast:
Kristýna Kohoutová .... Alice
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Title: Neco z Alenky (1988)
AKA Alice
Source: Bluray / BFI / Untouched
Size: 1.563.275.349 bytes (1/3 DVDR)
Runtime: 01:25:54
Format: MKV
Video Codec: H264 (x264 rev.2008)
Video Bitrate: 2233 kbps
Resolution: 720x576 (displayed at 1.33 AR)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33 (SAR: 16/15)
Frame rate: 23.976 fps
Audio Codec: AC3 (2 channels)
Audio Bitrate: 192 kbps
Sampling Rate: 48 KHz
Language: Czech
Subtitles (muxed in): SRT: English
SA: HP @ Level 4.1
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