Paul Kydd Available on Blu-ray Disc (Region B)Czechoslovakia/Switzerland/UK/West Germany 1987 Czech (Colour); Animation/Fantasy/Comedy/Horror (Condor/Channel 4/Hessischer Rundfunk); 86 minutes (PG certificate)Crew includes: Jan Svankmajer (Director/Screenwriter/Production Designer, adapting Novel ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND by Lewis Carroll *** [6/10]); Peter-Christian Fueter (Producer); Keith Griffiths, Michael Havas (Executive Producers); Svatopluk Malý (Cinematographer); Marie Zemanová (Editor)Cast: Kristýna Kohoutová (Alice)A fed-up little girl (Kohoutová) falls asleep in a cluttered room, and dreams that her stuffed rabbit comes to life, which she pursues into a bizarre realm of ludicrous imaginings.A curious, highly inventive "interpretation" of Carroll's story, in which we accompany a human, narrating Alice into a funny, nightmarish and incredible world of stop-motion animation.Several characters and incidents are missing altogether, but while a determinately original take on Alice's dreamland adventures, it is also potentially the most faithful, for its illogical, surrealist approach ensures that the very essence of Carroll's nonsense prose is captured more accurately than the often prettified, fairy tale renderings that we are used to.Blu-ray Extras: Alternative Version, Short Films, Music Videos, Booklet. **½ (5/10)

Lee Eisenberg Aha! We've all seen Disney's animated feature and Tim Burton's live-action feature, but you can't truly say that you've seen a movie version of "Alice in Wonderland" until you've seen Jan Švankmajer's "Něco z Alenky". The animals are of course stop-motion (including a carriage that has a literal skeleton crew). Wonderland is not an enchanted forest, but what appears to be a derelict apartment building. Basically, it's a much darker interpretation of the story than we're used to. After all, Lewis Carroll's original story had nothing to do with cuteness.Whatever the case, I've liked every Švankmajer work that I've seen, both his shorts and his feature films. Their sheer surrealism serves to remind us of a very important fact: animation is simply another type of filmmaking. It doesn't have to be "family-friendly". And believe you me, what you have in these movies is more like what you find in a Terry Gilliam movie! I recommend starting with Švankmajer's shorts before watching one of his features. Even so, you're sure to like either one. Another feature is "Little Otik", based on a Czech folk tale.

Morbius Fitzgerald Alice In Wonderland isn't exactly the most sane thing ever written, even in the context of children's stories. I have never read the books but I have been around seeing other versions (2010, being them more recent one I've seen) and I saw this film and I kind of liked it.While past adaptations have been directly aimed at kids or had a leaning towards kids and adults, Alice (1988) is most definitely for adults. You can kind of tell when you find out the director of this film also did Faust. The imagery, while creative, would give any child nightmares for a week at the least (and this is coming from someone who glorifies "Return To Oz" as all family entertainment).The stop-motion animation for this film is suitably "dream-like". I mean its weird, its unusual, its nothing that you'd ever forget. But, hey, so were the books. The Rabbit is a little freaky as were the other "creative" animation. The girl playing Alice does a remarkable job and even provides the voices for all the main characters giving it a kind of "you're reading the book" feel to it.Now the creativity, alone, has to be spoken for. Why? I firmly believe if you put Ingmar Bergman, Tim Burton and Andrei Tarkovskiy in a bag, shook it up, and told the end result to write something, it wouldn't be anywhere near as imaginative as this. One "animal" is literally bird wings and feet attached to a bed. Another is a crocodile with a skull head, eyelids (as freaky as that sounds) and the tip of the tail is bone.I have to say, there is no plot to this film. It is literally a girl looking around her room and creating a "story" out of it. If you think that this would be interesting then this is certainly for you, if you want a bright, cheery film for your kids while you, yourself, re-experience memories...steer clear.

roie-263-895755 I watched this as a kid, it was on channel 4 or something, DEAR GOD IT WAS DISTURBING. I can't believe people thought this was for children, I wouldn't let my children watch it. Although most children would probably find it boring, I actually quite liked it. But I am now having regular therapy sessions and I blame this entirely.... AND THE NIGHTMARES.JUST.WON'T.STOP..... The image of the white rabbit chattering it's teeth will be forever burned into my brain. CANNOT UNSEE!!!.... NOOOOOO!!!Anyway I have been searching for this for years, it's not very well known so was hard to find. I was curious to find out what it was called so that I could watch it again, I am a glutton for punishment. And I felt that I needed more therapy, I quite like being driven mad by bizarre and random images.Those teeth! NOOOOOO!!!