Review of The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953) by Richard-Yves S — 29 Dec 2007
Holy crap! Where the hell has this exquisite monstrosity been all my silly, twisted little life? Seen "Chitty Chitty" and "Wonka" and just about everything else a million times over, but at no point did this truly inspired bit of Technicolor madness ever hit my screen.
Take an obvious premise--the pure hell of piano lessons--toss in fazuzzlers and gafloogens and rotating pajugglers, add some pre-angst suburbia, and cap it off with a lethal dandy of a villain, and you have the most deliciously odd bit of celluloid.
Sets and production design are gorgeous--this is the true Seussian vision, jumping right off the page (and yep, it's actually a lot darker than some would expect). My sixteen month-old thought it was great fun, but in a year or so this would doubtless make him cry.
See this! Now, if only there were an equivalent Winsor McCay "Little Nemo" flick....
This review of The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953) was written by Richard-Yves S on 29 Dec 2007.
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. has generally received positive reviews.
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