I harbour a long-lived attraction to classic films (the 1927 German expressionist film Metropolis is a dear favourite of mine). However intangible, I find the quality of story telling to be engaging in a way that modern films are not. From an artistic perspective, I find it fascinating to watch the technology of visual storytelling evolve over the eras as the prolific directors try to push their respective technological (and also Hays Code censorship) boundaries.

I find silent films endearing for this boundary-pushing reason.

This restored version of the original film adaptation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland impress me for its visual effects, particularly evident in the scene depicting Alice shrinking. I am aghast imagining the technical hurdles successfully circumvented to achieve this effect in 1903.

As an aside, given how persuasive Alice in Wonderland is in our popular culture I find it almost surreal to realise that this film was produced a mere 37 years after the original novel was written. It's a shame that Lewis Carroll was not alive to see it.

I wonder what he would have thought?