Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" goes goth in Mari Terashima's screen adaptation of the children's classic. Terashima brings together Goth Loli performance troupe Rose de Reficul et Guiggles, doll maker Mari Shimizu and magician and actor-dwarf Mame Yamada (Blue Spring, 9 Souls) to create a macabre trip down the rabbit hole. The film appears animated, but the gothic characters are as real as can be.
"Hatsukoi" (The First Love, 1989) is a rarely-seen early short film from a Goth-lolita-oriented experimental film-maker, Mari Terashima. Ritualized action and repetitive elements might remind some viewers of Maya Deren's strategy.
Un hombre es llevado a una institución mental después de intentar asesinar a su novia. Dos médicos dicen que su problema se debe a que los defectos mentales se transmiten de generación en generación.
