I believe the math book story that Matt recalled went one step further (at least it did in the version of the anecdote I had heard). Not only did the Queen want Carroll's next book, she wanted the book to have her in the dedication. So it was an advanced math theory book that opened with "Dedicated to Her Majesty, the Queen."
I haven't seen this version before! If you ever want to revisit the story, I'd recommend Jan Svankmajer's Alice from 1988. It's kind of a stop motion nightmare, but it's a pretty fascinating movie to watch. Anything from Jan Svankmajer usually is.
The Cheshire Cat from the Disney version scared my sister as a kid. I can't imagine if she saw this one. Also Matt's scared reaction is one of my favorite Basement moments now.
Will Vinton. He made a movie, ‘Adventures of Mark Twain’ (1985) which is strange and brilliant. 80s kids movie with all the weirdness that that implies.
Paramount wasn't just broke they were dirt broke. They literally gave the crying turtle a cow head and insect arms. Even Cary Grant would be like "can I Cry?"
In Kingpin, the scene where they are pulled over on the side of the road on a bridge and arguing was filmed down the road where I grew up. 528 bridge across Lake Aurther Moraine State Park PA. We used to drag race across that bridge in high school.
ahh there's nothing like that vintage 1930s ""whimsy"". I'd accuse the filmmakers of purposely trying to horrify children if every single thing made for children back then wasn't like this
Cary Grant made his breakthrough early in 1933 via "She Done Him Wrong" with Mae West ("Alice" was released at the end of the year), but it can be argued the full-on Cary Grant persona wasn't completely formed until 1935's "Sylvia Scarlett."
No problem, anytime maaaaan! Would you like to buy a fine McGuffin? Or have any old ones just laying around? My wife started a McGuffen refurbish and repurpose boutique. Named it “My Muffins McGuffins”. For when you don’t quite know what you’re looking for. We’ll tear this place apart holding everything up to Greg till he nods in approval!
A lot of the effects in this are surprising good for the time this was made. I mean I've seen similar effects in movies and TV shows that came out after this that are terrible but I usually excuse them because I always figured that was the best they could do for the time period. The walking into the mirror effect was especially impressive. I've seen another live action Alice in Wonderland where it obviously wasn't even a mirror but a doorway with an identical room on the other side. And I know it's not a mirror because Alice doesn't have a reflection. But this, Alice is literally walking into her own reflection. The shrinking and growing effects are also very well done. I think this was before blue screens were a thing and I'm pretty sure they had to make sets at different sizes but it looks better than having her standing in front of a blue screen or green screen and adding a background in post. There was also a trick they use to do in older movies where they projected an image of a background on a rear projector but that also created some disconnect of feeling like the actor isn't really there. I don't know how they did the effects for this but it's really impressive for this time period. Everything I'm thinking of for how they could have done it using practical effects I'm pretty sure either weren't possible at the time or were some how done worse in movies that came after this. The costumes are terrible and exactly what I expect for the time period but the effects are actually pretty impressive.
Wow i remember watching “The Interrogation” years ago, i really liked it 😁 and yeah… Maker Studios… one of the saddest success stories i ever witnessed, as Shaycarl was one of the first YT channels i followed back in the day, way before the crushing weight of “success” took hold 🙁 It’s a good thing you guys never had to deal with that! 😜 (jk, jk 😊) Edit: 12:51 RIP Humpty-Hump & Shock-G 😇
So excited for this; Alice is one of my favorite stories to see/read adaptations of, and have never seen this version. What a treat to have your commentary.
8:17 If you’d like to hear more voice acting of the caliber that Craig is describing that *also* involves a cat, I’d like to suggest “Mary Crawford’s” masterpiece, A Talking Cat?!?.
My wife and I saw this in a theater and it was both the most boring and the most trippy version we have seen so far. My Seen It for you. Ralph Baskhi's Lord Of The Rings. Imperfect in a lot of ways but I also think it captures the essence of the books better than the Jackson movies.
I had the chance to watch this in a W.C. Fields collection. I rather enjoyed this, but the sort of grotesque nature of it all made it more bizarre and fun for me. Some of the casting was definitely misplaced but it definitely tried to do a lot with what they had.
Well congratulations guys, this movie was probably the most horrifying thing I've ever seen. Such a strange experience to laugh so much during the experience! Thanks for the experience, guys.
Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut is Redux without the awful scene where they meet up with the Playmates again and a tighter plantation sequence. It's a better paced Redux
I've heard a theory that the entire reason why Carroll made the world of Wonderland a place of complete nonsense was that it was meant as an allegory for how he thought the newly invented Calculus was nonsense.
There are no levels or compelling reasons to push the story along because on shrooms its very very suddenly obvious that life is optional and almost everything we do we do for some silly made up human reason. We cant stand to sit in silence for 5 minutes Thats torture We must always move on to the next thing But if you do shrooms And you meditate You’ll realize its all a strange trap-like dream. Alan watts could tell you more haha
Matt mentioned watching „Everything, Everywhere at The Same Time” in the morning. I have a question for you guys - does it matter for you what time you watch a movie? For me that would somehow affect my reception of the movie, with late evenings being the best time for them. If I watched anything in the morning, I feel I would be annoyed by it from the get go.
I definitely enjoy going to big blockbusters on a Sunday morning or something, I still feel as intensely but just with fewer people who don’t really care about being there
