Aha! We've all seen Disney's animated feature and Tim Burton's live-action feature, but you can't truly say that you've seen a movie version of "Alice in Wonderland" until you've seen Jan vankmajer's "Něco z Alenky". The animals are of course stop-motion (including a carriage that has a literal skeleton crew). Wonderland is not an enchanted forest, but what appears to be a derelict apartment building. Basically, it's a much darker interpretation of the story than we're used to. After all, Lewis Carroll's original story had nothing to do with cuteness.
Whatever the case, I've liked every vankmajer work that I've seen, both his shorts and his feature films. Their sheer surrealism serves to remind us of a very important fact: animation is simply another type of filmmaking. It doesn't have to be "family-friendly". And believe you me, what you have in these movies is more like what you find in a Terry Gilliam movie! I recommend starting with vankmajer's shorts before watching one of his features. Even so, you're sure to like either one. Another feature is "Little Otik", based on a Czech folk tale.
Whatever the case, I've liked every vankmajer work that I've seen, both his shorts and his feature films. Their sheer surrealism serves to remind us of a very important fact: animation is simply another type of filmmaking. It doesn't have to be "family-friendly". And believe you me, what you have in these movies is more like what you find in a Terry Gilliam movie! I recommend starting with vankmajer's shorts before watching one of his features. Even so, you're sure to like either one. Another feature is "Little Otik", based on a Czech folk tale.