We hope Lewis Carroll would have liked it.
Alice in wonderland author movie#
This rare film, of which only one physical copy exists, is the first movie adaptation of the book. In celebration, we’ve created a new soundtrack for the first silent movie version from 1903. It explains some of the oddity, but there is still plenty to go around. This theme features so prominently in the story that it became known as Alice in Wonderland syndrome. He suffered from a strange disorder that caused him to have hallucinations which made him feel bigger or smaller than he was. However, most experts agree that while the tale is weird, it is simply excellent fanciful writing and there is no evidence to suggest Carroll was a drug user. It’s a tempting theory – after all the story has Alice eating ‘magic’ mushrooms and meeting hookah smoking caterpillars. The book’s themes and characters are so bizarre that in the 1960’s rumours began to surface that Lewis Carroll wrote the book under the influence of drugs, particularly opium or laudanum.
It’s a classic example of a style of writing called literary nonsense that would influence fantasy writers for generations to come.
If you’d like to buy the book, I would recommend this version on Amazon:īut why do we love it so much? It is a ridiculous tale, unusual and confusing. More than 46 films were created based on the characters. The book has always remained in print and has been translated into more than 64 languages. It was 1865 when the plucky young Alice first tumbled down a rabbit-hole into the magical kingdom of Wonderland.Īnd she hasn’t looked back.
This year Lewis Carroll’s classic children’s book Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland turns 152.
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