Animation Weekender: Alice

50 Red Bank

Sat 26 Sept · 17:00

Jan Svankmajer · 86m · Film

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Czech surrealist Jan Švankmajer adapts Lewis Carroll's classic, combining a live-action Alice (Kristýna Kohoutová) with creepy stop motion animated characters. While around forty film versions exist, as well as numerous TV adaptations, the version that Czech stop motion master Jan Švankmajer fashioned in 1988 stands alone in its dark and original take on Carroll’s light-hearted tale. In Alice, Kohoutová plays the role close to Carroll’s original, mischievous Alice from the novel. Yet, in the context of 1988 socialist Czechoslovakia, rebellious Alice is not just a historical image of resistance against communist conformism but also represents a craving for freedom from socialist stricture. This is a Family Friendly Screening! Rated PG - mild threat and scary scenes Runtime: 86 minutes Director: Jan Svankmajer Country: Czechoslovakia Year: 1988 Rating: (PG) Film

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