Jabberwocky (1971 film)
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Director Jan Svankmajer Music director Zdenek Liska Story by Lewis Carroll Country Czechoslovakia | 7/10 IMDb Genre Animation, Short Screenplay Jan Svankmajer Duration Language Czech | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1971 Writer Lewis Carroll (poem), Jan Svankmajer Similar movies Related Jan Svankmajer movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jabberwocky (Czech: Žvahlav aneb šatičky slaměného Huberta) is a 1971 Czechoslovak animated short film written and directed by Jan Švankmajer, based loosely on the poem "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll. It was produced by Erna Kmínková, Marta Sichová, Jirí Vanek, and animated by Vlasta Pospísilová.
Contents
Unstable dolls in jan svankmajer s jabberwocky
Plot
In the film, the poem by Lewis Carroll is read and a wardrobe is shown moving through a forest. The wardrobe contains a strange playroom inside that is watched over by an old man in a portrait. The film switches between images of dolls, toys in a nursery, and paper planes to images of dismembered dolls, maggot-infested vines, and a black cat knocking things over. The ending of the film contains an ink blob escaping from an occurring maze, freeing itself from life's constraints. It then defaces the image of the old man (the authority figure) and flees out of the window.
DVD
Jabberwocky was included on a DVD entitled CINEMA16 with over 3½ hours of short films, which was released by the studio Warp Films on June 5, 2006.
References
Jabberwocky (1971 film) WikipediaJabberwocky (1971 film) IMDb Jabberwocky (1971 film) themoviedb.org