Alice - Jan Svankmajer

Alice is a czech version of alice in wonderland mixing stop motion with live action and a mix of other techniques by the animator Jan Svankmajer who is well knows for other very strange animations. The narration is entirely done by the girl, who speaks also for the rabbit and other characters within the movie. it was filmed in 1988 and was very popular at the time. i love this scene as you can see all the main elements, how they used a doll to show alice after she shrunk down, and you can also see her when she returns back to her actual size. the rabbit seems to just be a stuffed rabbit, full of saw dust which he keeps rubbing off his stop watch and eating. I really do love the props and the fact a doll was used within this, also the shots used, like the close ups of her hands and feet to help show the movement and detail. i feel the way they set out the rooms and props were very typical of parts of czech at the time as this wouldnt have been long after they broke off from Slovakia.