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Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786302540093 Format: Animated, Color, Live, NTSC ISBN: 6302540097 Label: First Run Features Languages: Manufacturer: First Run Features Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: First Run Features Release Date: June 25, 1996 Running Time: 84 minutes Studio: First Run Features Theatrical Release Date: 1988 Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential video: This adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland mixes animation and live action to create a dreamlike world, but don't let that fool you into thinking it's simply a kid's film. Young Alice (Kristyna Kohoutová, spoken by Camilla Power) watches a stuffed and mounted rabbit come to life in her playroom and follows it through a magical drawer into a strange world that resembles a 19th-century toy store come to life, with a few specimens from a natural history museum thrown in. Czech animator Jan Svankmajer retains the familiar story elements but tweaks them with bizarre imagery brought to herky-jerky life with his spasmodic style of stop-motion animation. The caterpillar becomes a sock puppet with dentures, while other crazy creatures materialize as creepy skull-headed beings that bleed sawdust. Throughout the tale Svankmajer returns to punctuating close-ups of Alice's lips telling the story, just to remind us that this is a tale told. In the best surrealist tradition Svankmajer uses familiar objects in unfamiliar ways, giving a fantasy quality to the banal (and the not so banal) while tipping the dream logic to the edge of nightmare. While the imagery remains more unsettling than genuinely disturbing, younger children will certainly be happier with Disney's brightly colored animated classic Alice in Wonderland. Older children and adults will better appreciate Svankmajer's sly visual wit and unusual animation style. --Sean Axmaker Average Rating:
 Rating:  - LOVED ITThe unique style... Creepy Animation... It all just goes together! One of my fav alice in wonderland videos... If you looking for a creepy alice... This is it!!! Its worth a good look... I have watched it may times... reminds me of the quay brothers... stop motion... very unique the only part i didnt like was the dubbed words in it... the movie would be so much better if the whole close up of the mouth was taken out... Its very annoying.. you start to get into the movie and then a close up of alices ... Read More Rating: - If you like it creepyAlice in Wonderland. Not scary. Not a great deal of suspense, I mean we all know the story by now. But the lack of vibrant color, the eerie motion of claymation, and the sound effects that are crystal clear will leave a less-than-warm-feeling with you when you are dont with the movie. If you enjoy the fantasy with a darker twist, and don't mind watching your tv with a very confused look for several parts, this is a highly interesting and different version of the story we're ... Read More Rating: - My favorite adaptation of this particular story...and probably the darkest.This film is amazing! You will never look at the Disney-esque version of Wonderland the same way ever again. This film is definitely not for the kiddies. Strictly for adults. The stop motion animation is awesome. The only thing that I don't like about the DVD is that it is dubbed in English. I'd much rather watch the film in it's original language, however, I love this film all the same. It's like a nightmare caught on film. Totally chilling and compelling from start to finish! Rating: - A beautiful creative nightmare...Jan Svankmajer + household items = surreal masterpiece!!. its an adventure of the psyche... an exercice for imagination. Dreams and nightmares mix together to give an interpretation of another masterpiece such as Alice Adventures in Wonderland. As you go on you will be delighted by the use of stop motion animation with live action as well (Kristýna Kohoutová as Alice). A world full of nonsense imagery perfectly done by Svankmajer. Elements of surrealism such as visual puns,unexpected surprise ... Read More Rating: - Unique, mind numbing, and ahead of its timeSvankmajer new what to do when it came to making a "real version of Alice in Wonderland." But, you must know...you MUST like stop motion animation to enjoy this film. THE GOOD- Okay, to start off...the movie is highly entertaining, a very unique vision of a timeless tale...it is dark, unsettling, nightmarish, and has a very realistic feel oddly enough... And, to top off the camera shots and compostion as well as a great acting job by "Alice", the film contains some of the best stop motion ... Read More |
