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Neco z Alenky (1988)
The Darkest Side of Alice
Balancing between surrealism and terror Svankmajer's Alice manages to keep you hooked through the whole story. From a very ambiguous start we then watch the analysis of a Nightmare(/or nightmares) when Alice walks through a lot of stages, each of them have a very careful yet engrossing set up. The mysticism and the darkness of each stage keep you watching without making the movie boring. With a very absorbing scenery that renews your interest ever now and then,the heroine always deals with the same problem either she is very big or she is too small for each stage/situation. The lights are bright and makes the film fresh and polished even though the walls of each room show a decadent building that can be associated with the anxieties that Alice have and the nightmare she experiences. The ending is very strong with a very weighty symbolism that concludes all the secret meanings of the movie.