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While that other discoverer stepped through the looking glass, Jean-Maurice is swallowed up by his exploding television set. Beyond the screen is another land of limitless opportunity. He often comes across similar things to Alice; the flowers talk here too, an egg subtracts subtle vicious-circular arguments and train passengers drag massive tickets around with them. However it bears no relation to the reliable travelogue by Tenniel; this is a world of tenderly botched surprises. One of the painters of the 'figuration libre' similarly adopts a comic-strip style, but this Robert Combat is much rougher; DeMontaut turns it into a light-hearted performance between the sliding doors. He exploits the possibilities of video - that is how the knight eventually discovers a useable box. All this is brought to you thanks to a minor change in the last line: after all, it is only film.
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After Lewis Caroll, Camera: Michel Grellet, Jacques Nibert, Light: Fernando Martins-Lopes, Editing: Cedric Bossard, Sound: Nicolas Joly, Music: G érard Barreaux, With: Philippe DeMontaut and others, Production: Musée National d'Art Moderne CNACGP
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