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Jabberwocky - aka Zvahlav aneb Saticky Slameného Huberta (short - 1971)

  Genre: Short

Director: Jan Svankmajer
Writers: Lewis Carroll (poem), Jan Svankmajer
Cast: n.a.
Runtime: 14 min.
Release Date: 1971
User Rating: 6,8/10

Review: "Considering that the English title for this short film is JABBERWOCKY and it began with a recitation of the Lewis Carroll poem, you'd think that this film was going to be "Jabberwocky". My daughter, a huge Carroll fan, sat in restless anticipation...and then, nothing!! Instead of Jabberwocky, the action on the screen had nothing to do with the poem and after a minute or so they even stopped reading the poem. From then on, it was a very fast-paced and super-weird stop-motion film set in a child's room circa 1900. For what seemed like an eternity, toys danced and moved in crazy manners. Some were even very creepy images--such as soups being made of assorted doll body parts. Now some of this stop-motion was very clever--especially the imagery and metaphors. But, at no point was it Jabberwocky. So what we have is passable entertainment and nothing more."
Written by Planktonrules (imdb.com)

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