Alice

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Alec B The product of a totally uncompromised vision that is simultaneously true to its source material while finding a new way to view the story. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/29/24 Full Review Taylor W It takes one mad genius to understand another. Everything the Burton version should have been with 1/100th the budget Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/15/24 Full Review Teddy B Jan Svankmajer's dreamlike, surrealist, intentionally repetitive, pensive, and abrasively terrifying direction gives this story such an off-kilter and undeniably fresh yet dingy atmosphere. I would say that this film is not for children (as that point is made questionably explicit) but I would believe that children can stomach this type of film in a much more mature way than parents will be led to believe. Fantastically dirty and eldritch in the best way imaginable and a true piece of creativity and ingenuity. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/12/24 Full Review Natalie N Saw this with my sister. We didn't understand much but we still had fun watching it. The stop motion is very impressive, but could be disturbing at time (mainly the white rabbit). I personally like movie with some unsettling atmosphere. I wasn't a big fan of the lip zoom in and the meeting of the queen of hearts was a bit underwhelming. Overall this was a fascinating watch (even though I didn't understand most of what they were saying) Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/15/23 Full Review s r 1001 movies to see before you die. This was fantastic. So impressive the work that was done with minimal communist technology. Truly a masterpiece. It was on youtube. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review William L Jan Švankmajer delivers Alice in Wonderland precisely as Lewis Carroll envisioned it - full of taxidermied animals with eyes glued onto their heads in elaborate costumes and stop motion. In a world of arthouse films where projects try to be off-kilter just for the sake of differentiation, Něco z Alenky actually takes a distinct stance on one of the most commonly-referenced pieces of literature in film and television. Taking the tone of a mildly disturbing fever dream rather than a whimsical fairy tale in the manner that the Carroll classic had generally come to be interpreted in since the 1951 Disney adaptation, Alice maintains a sense of genuine confusion and a dash of fear to complement its imaginative story twists. Bringing it all together is the director's distinctive visual style, a stop-motion extravaganza that is both interesting and slightly unnerving. There are moments that will surprise you will the cleverness of the shot design and the magnitude of the planning necessary to pull them off; the later scenes with playing cards are some of teh best, particularly one where the Red Queen walks through a 'door' with a hole perfectly in her shape, momentarily forming a full card. While innovative and original, I would be lying if I said that I enjoyed every aspect of the film. The most glaring 'fault' is the narration style, in which every bit of dialogue is accompanied by a few seconds of actress Kristýna Kohoutová noting the speaker in the third person. It does eventually play a role in the story in the film's final line, but after half an hour or so you gradually slip into a bit of distress every time a character speaks, knowing that this narration is coming up after every line. To all you film buffs out there, if anyone ever asks you what your favorite adaptation of Alice in Wonderland is and you respond with "the 1988 Czechoslovakian dark surrealist fantasy version by stop-motion artist Jan Švankmajer,", then congratulations, you have successfully made sure that person never wants to talk to you again. (3.5/5) Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/11/21 Full Review Read all reviews

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