Review of Alice

Alice (1988)
7/10
The Most Bizarre Version of Alice I Have Ever Seen
2 October 2010
This is a story of Alice, with a very odd version of Wonderland. The story follows the plot relatively close, but instead of the traditional rabbit hole, Alice crawls through drawers and into a bucket... and meets creatures made up of junk, puppet parts and dead animals.

Most odd, and unique, is a sock with glass eyes for the Caterpillar. Other new developments include Alice changing into a doll -- first a small one, then a large one (which turns out to be merely a shell).

The visuals have been described as "grotesque, perverse, or disturbing, but overall not repulsive." That seems fair -- this is creepy, but not outright scary or subversive. Just odd. Some have said it references "Un Chien Andalou" with sawdust (rather than ants) pouring out of the rabbit's hand... I do not know how intentional that was.
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