We invite you to an evening as part of the Cult Wednesdays series, where we will delve into the surreal world of Jan Švankmajer through his iconic film Alice. This feature film is one of the most powerful adaptations of Alice in Wonderland.
Alice is a dark and unsettling adaptation of Alice in Wonderland that situates the entire Wonderland in some sort of basement complex. This amazing work by Czech surrealist animator Jan Švankmajer is undoubtedly the most impressive adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. The film abounds in a stunning combination of sheer nonsense and careful logic, black humour and psychological enlightenment, including many obscure moments: the Alice, played by an actress (the other roles are played by puppets), not only changes size but becomes a doll when a white rabbit loses its stuffing, gets pinned with a safety pin and eats sawdust, eggs hatch into skulls and steaks crawl across the floor. In its scary and magical moments, this is a film that, in the spirit of Carroll, demonstrates the original thinking of the Czech author.
Cult Wednesdays aims to bring students and younger audiences to Cinematheque through weekly screenings of cult films and is one of Cinematheque's most popular programmes. Films are selected in conjunction with the programming department, with past titles including Terry Gilliam's Brail, Borat, Princess Mononoke, The Princess Diaries, Israeli films with a Q&A with the filmmakers, and dozens of other films since the series began about three years ago.
*Tickets are available online at the Cinematheque Jerusalem website
