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Alice

Neco z Alenky

1988

Jan Švankmajer

Animation, Kristýna Kohoutová. Voice: Camilla Power

7.2

2,417

Animation. Fantasy. Horror 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 ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Charles Solomon Los Angeles Times	"'Alice' is obviously the work of an artist of talent and vision that no student of surreal or fantastic cinema should miss"	POS
United Kingdom	Geoff Andrew Time Out	"No other film-maker - and that includes David Lynch - is so consistently inventive in his ability to marry pure, startling nonsense with rigorous logic, black wit with piercing psychological insights."	POS
United States	J.R. Jones Chicago Reader	"With its episodic structure, Carroll's story is the perfect vehicle for Svankmajer's dark, 30s-style surrealism."	POS
United States	Caryn James The New York Times	"[The director] combines live action with toy figures filmed in remarkably fluid stop-motion and creates an eerie world of magical objects"	POS
United States	John Petrakis Chicago Tribune	"[A] perfect mix of Svankmajer's visual style and the creepy underbelly of Lewis Carroll's original concept, where discovery mixes neatly with terror (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS

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