Ever wonder what Alice In Wonderland would look like through the eyes of a demented animator from the former eastern bloc country of the the Czech Republic? Alice is it.Alice follows the exact tale of Alice in Wonderland so I don't think I need to give you a synopsis for this particular film.
Directed by Jan Svankmejer (lunacy, Little Otik) the film's star Alice is a real little girl but all the other characters were done in stop motion and are made up of strange toys found within her room. The film lacks any score and uses the real sound of skeletal jaws clicking and other creepy diagenic sounds. Each character is made of a perversion of real teeth, bones, human glass eyes, and plush toys given each a deathlike quality to it. Its almost like the meeting of a child's fantasy, the plush toy, and the harsh realities of life, the bones. The film was made during the soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia and has a dark oppressed feeling that permeates each frame. The film is short but works well. There is little to no dialogue and all of it is performed by the little girl. All of these creepy creatures have the voice of the same little girl, yeah it ups the strangeness factor quite a bit.
If you're a more adventurous film fan with a pretty good attention span, i recommend checking out this rare film.
Overall - 7/10
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