Name: Jan Švankmajer’s ALICE (1988) presented by Dark Dream Cinema w/ spooky stop-motion pre-show @ 6 pm
Start: 2025-09-27T19:00:00-05:00
Location: 5228 Gravois Ave, St Louis, MO 63116-2310, United States, St. Louis, MO, United States, Missouri 63116

$Jan \u0160vankmajer\u2019s ALICE (1988) presented by Dark Dream Cinema w\/ spooky stop-motion pre-show @ 6 pm$

“Svankmajer’s film explores Alice in Wonderland’s dark undercurrents: it unearths the fears that animate dreams and nightmares.” – The New York Times
The dark heart of Alice in Wonderland was never more faithfully captured than by stop-motion maestro Jan Švankmajer, who rendered its well-worn imagery into a startling new vision. By animating an array of found items—including raw meat, taxidermy, playing cards, scissors, and the like—Švankmajer crafted a Wonderland all his own, a haunting realm of fantastic sights and disturbing juxtapositions. Hailed as a landmark of modern animation, Alice blends the imagination of Lewis Carroll with the grotesquerie of Joel-Peter Witkin to produce an experience like no other. A truly singular work of art, it offers a glimpse into another world, one of joyful terrors that cavort amidst death and decay.
Arrive early for a preshow of spooky stop-motion from around the world, starting at 6pm!

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5228 Gravois Ave, St Louis, MO 63116-2310, United States, St. Louis, MO, United States, Missouri 63116, 5228 Gravois Ave, St Louis, MO 63116-2310, United States, Southhampton

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