nowego A fascinatingly, surreal and psychedelic version of the Alice in Wonderland story. Shot in a Gothic black and white style, the cinematography is very well done and still holds up 50 years later. The cast is very very good, particularly Anne-Marie Malik in her one and only role of Alice. She's petulant and outspoken, but also very reserved and examining. She's adorable, and her delivery of lines add to the dreamlike quality of the movie. She makes the whole movie worth watching.Filmed as a TV play it's surprisingly well made, thank the BBC for that, they do some exceptional work. Jonathan Miller's Alice in Wonderland is worth viewing if you can find it.

johnstonjames This is probably the most superior of all the adaptations of 'Alice'. I didn't say the most fun or has the best gimmicks, but it's probably the most intelligent and erudite of them all.Director Jonathan Miller hired cinematographer Dick Bush(yea i know,ha ha)to film this BBC TV production in 35mm B&W, using deep focus,wide angle cinematography, a technology that is usually associated with theatrical features. The result is probably the best filmed 'Alice' of them all.The Mad Hatter's tea party is probably the best here out of the dozen or more versions I have seen. It's done without corny special effect gimmicks, no overt slapstick, and no cute little songs. It's just done with subtlety and understatement. The resulting effect is probably the maddest,craziest,and funniest of all the tea parties put on film. Peter Cook is without a doubt the funniest and best of all Hatters I have seen, and I've pretty much seen all of them. He really seems like a man gone mad. And not a sweet madness like Johnny Depp, but a very disturbing kind of madness.He is also the most sophisticated in his portrayal.This is one of the most faithful adaptations. The only real flaw being that the Caterpillar is not smoking a hookah. The reason is obviously because it was made for TV at the time and that would have bothered censors.As far as a work of cinema goes, it's beautiful and it's perfect. It has a offbeat sensibility about it that echoes the Richard Lester films of that period. This is a true masterpiece.

jeremiahclayton-1 There have been several films that attempted to bring the viewer into the dream of Lewis Carroll's Alice.. but none have succeeded like Jonathan Miller's 1966 BBC Alice in Wonderland. A legendary cast.. without costumes.. improvises Lewis Carroll's work with an unsettling brilliance. The result is a film that casts a new light.. or shadow.. on a story beloved by millions. A dark environment both in aesthetics and passion.. Jonathan Miller recreates Alice's dream into a nightmare. One that doesn't allow the viewer to get comfortable unless they can accept the evil undercurrent that moves the story forward.. or backwards. The film is cast with many legends of the screen and stage.. all of whom provide performances worthy of the legend accolade. The character of Alice is represented differently than in traditional adaptations. She seems almost removed from the "reality" taking place before her.. even at times when she is involved in the "reality" as much as the characters of her dream-world. Jonathan Miller's Alice in Wonderland for BBC television is a must-see for anyone who enjoyed Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass or anyone who enjoys low budget films that are improvised into timeless masterpieces.

FieCrier As Alicja (1982) later did, this film opts not to have its actors in animal costumes. They do wear costumes, though, the queen dresses like one, the mad hatter and so on.The cinematography is very nice, a deep-focus black and white, like Citizen Kane.One of the odder things about it is how disengaged Alice seems. I would not blame this on the young actress (and whatever happened to her, by the way?), but rather her direction. She is usually expressionless. She is in scenes, but often set apart, either by her being shown in the foreground, and the rest well behind her. Sometimes she's in a scene, but the camera puts her in completely separate shots than everyone else. Sometimes, she is not only apart from others, but behind a window, and looking away from the window. And when she is in scenes with other characters, again she is often looking away from them. Most of her dialog is done in voice-over. Sometimes when she has a conversation, she is speaking in voice- over while the other character actually speaks.Also odd is how characters will be talking, then simply stop for a while and the camera lingers on them. Eventually they will start to talk again, but the silences feel uncomfortable, even though the characters don't seem to find them so.These odd factors do lend the movie a sort of dream quality, or perhaps an opium dream quality.