I discovered this beautiful short by accident. I'm very glad I watched it, being a fan of Carroll's writings and gradually learning more about his life.
It's a well-done, carefully produced miniature portrait of a man whom we mostly know as the author of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass". Although this short movie has references to the creation of it, they're not the ones that the public is used to (such as the memorable boat ride). Instead we get an intimate background of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who was also an Oxford Mathematics lecturer, photographer, a deacon and a writer of extensive diaries. Almost all quotes in this movie are actual quotes from Dodgson himself, his diaries. It adds to the realism, as much as the meticulously recreated rooms and other places fitting for the views he had seen himself. Although it wasn't filmed in Oxford, it still shows an aura of the place where he lived and which was so important in his career.
I recommend this to anyone who wants to see how the real Lewis Carroll has been like. It's much better than the other existing productions about him - not using any false and unrealistic theories, instead using the true, historical evidence, to produce a vision of certain moments from his life. It's definitely a must-see for every Carrollian. I suppose even everyone else interested in the Victorian Era, writers or simply looking for good shorts will enjoy this a lot.
It's a well-done, carefully produced miniature portrait of a man whom we mostly know as the author of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass". Although this short movie has references to the creation of it, they're not the ones that the public is used to (such as the memorable boat ride). Instead we get an intimate background of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who was also an Oxford Mathematics lecturer, photographer, a deacon and a writer of extensive diaries. Almost all quotes in this movie are actual quotes from Dodgson himself, his diaries. It adds to the realism, as much as the meticulously recreated rooms and other places fitting for the views he had seen himself. Although it wasn't filmed in Oxford, it still shows an aura of the place where he lived and which was so important in his career.
I recommend this to anyone who wants to see how the real Lewis Carroll has been like. It's much better than the other existing productions about him - not using any false and unrealistic theories, instead using the true, historical evidence, to produce a vision of certain moments from his life. It's definitely a must-see for every Carrollian. I suppose even everyone else interested in the Victorian Era, writers or simply looking for good shorts will enjoy this a lot.