Imagination and Invention: 'Alice in Wonderland' on Screen

For nearly as long as cinema has existed, it has been revisiting the magical world of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, finding new and idiosyncratic ways of adapting the classic text. Looking at six of these films, Susan Bye assesses how their visions of Alice converge and differ, and what they demonstrate about the creative potential of film technology.

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Screens in the Classroom, primary, middle years, senior secondary, Through the Looking Glass, silent film, special effects, Disney, Jan Švankmajer, Jonathan Miller, stop-motion animation, Tim Burton, dreams, fantasy, adaptation, special effects