Alice

Alternative title: N Co z Alenky
Synopsis: Jan vankmajer’s award-winning ALICE is a distinctly disturbing and creepy interpretation of Lewis Carroll’s perennial literary classic, yet it is perhaps the closest to the original work. Combining a live-action Alice with a stop-motion Wonderland filled with threatening, bizarre characters, vankmajer’s deliberately crude style of animation, use of close-ups and rich design work lend the film a pervading sense of unease and a menacing dream-logic which marries a sly visual wit with piercing psychological insight.

Presented here fully uncut and in its original Czech-language version for the first time, this dual format DVD and Blu-ray release also gathers together a selection of rare and fascinating Alice- related short films:
Special features include: ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1903, 9 mins): -the first screen adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s classic; ELSIE AND THE BROWN BUNNY (1921, 8 mins, DVD only) - early advertising film for Cadburys; ALICE IN LABEL LAND (1974, 12 mins) - animated COI film explaining the 1973 food
labelling laws; STILLE NACHT II: ARE WE STILL MARRIED? (1992, 3 mins): -the Quay Brothers’ Alice-, inspired music film; STILLE NACHT IV: CAN’T GO WRONG WITHOUT YOU (1993, 4 mins) - the white rabbit returns in the second of the Quay Brothers’ music films for His Name is Alive; 34-page illustrated booklet with essays, film notes, biographies and credits; presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition; original Czech and alternative English-language audio.
Language: Czech (Czech with optional English subtitles)
Country: Former Czechoslovakia
Year of release: 2011
Year of production: 1998
Subjects: Film studies; Literature
Keywords: animation films; Carroll, Lewis; surrealism; Literary adaptation