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Blood Tea And Red String | 
 enlarge | Director: Christiane Cegavske
Studio: Cinema Epoch
Category: DVD
List Price: $24.98
Buy New: $10.99
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 25569
Format: Animated, Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 0
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 69 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: EPO-DV1054
UPC: 891514001054
EAN: 0891514001054
ASIN: B000HIVIRY
Theatrical Release Date: October 4, 2006
Release Date: November 7, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
This dark foray into the world of stop-motion animation offers a gloomy fairy story aimed at adults. The story revolves around a group of mice who battle some devious creatures for possession of a doll.System Requirements:Running Time: 63 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ANIMATION/ADULT SWIM Rating: NR UPC: 891514001054 Manufacturer No: EPO-DV1054
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 An excercise for your senses. December 12, 2008
M. Gaudlip (PA)
I have watched this twice in as many days and saw more the second time. That's a good thing to be able to gain insight into a movie the more you watch.
There is no dialogue. And thankfully so. The music, the settings, the landscape, the creatures and the cinematography all create a world that stimulate your senses and imagination.
When you read a book, you are creating the world in your mind... when i watched this, i was creating the dialogue in my mind. Being able to do so speaks volumes to how expressive the creatures are through the details in their subtle movement. The music was also simple and mystical - simple enough to allow your mind to make your own emotions to fit the scene.
Best description I can think of : An impressionist experience that took me on a relaxing vacation away from the world.
goth without all the darkness June 28, 2008
james reynolds (westminster, ma United States)
a lovely piece of cinema/animation. the characters, depsite having no dialog, communicate their actions in a very realistic fashion, even if the story is somewhat unrealistic. it's fantasy and very well done. the colors, sets and cinematography are top notch, with great angles and compositions. it's no wonder this took so long to complete and i'm glad she took her time. certainly worth yours to watch it at least once and decide for yourself. i also encourage you to go to her site at cafepress and pick up a copy of the book that gives a better representation of the making of the film than the very tiny images that were used in the special features section of the dvd.
 A Whole bunch of Crazy... June 11, 2008
L. M. CHANEY (Morehead, KY)
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
This movie means absolutely nothing. There is no symbolism. All other reviews are ridiculous. Sure, you should watch it. But do not expect the thrill-ride of a lifetime or any disclosures as to what it's all about... Which I figure is nothing.
If you are looking for a movie to make you look cool and artsy and goth, this is definitely it. If you are actually cool and artsy and goth... You will laugh as hard as I did at how insanely meaningless it all is.
A spider-woman smells a turtle.
Some Universal Remonsters put an egg inside a woman.
Ridiculous.
But ridiculously hilarious.
2 stars, because I can't believe it got higher ratings.
peace.
 Maybe I'm just not artsy enough April 27, 2008
A. S. Herry
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was expect a lot from this film but really found myself multitasking the whole time. It was "weird" but not the proactive weird that sucks you in (well, it didn't suck me in). I love stop-motion filming but it almost seemed rushed considering I have seen it done with much more fluid motions. All in all it was interesting to see I suppose, but I would have much rather have watched someone else's copy and returned to them and been done with it. I think personally I just missed something.
However I did love the music. I would love to have a sound track of the instrumentals for sure.
Overall the story was strange but overly simplified (probably since there is no dialogs) however there are parts that seem to suddenly jump to a level that without words made no sense but most of those were "trippy" "drugged up" scenes that I thought weren't very creative.
As sour as I sound it's just that I was hoping for much more. It was interesting, creepy, but I have seen much better as of recently; and yet none of it was what I was truly looking for. My fault really.
If you like very strange movies (as I do) this might be in your tastes. However what some people might find as small aspects they hit me as much more important and lacking of distant creativity.
I still give it 4 stars because over all it was interesting, i loved the music and it was decently fun. Also I would feel bad giving it only 3 stars, and yet I couldn't be persuaded easily to give it 5 considering it could have been so much more (even without involving more money considering my assumption was it was pretty low budget).
Magical and mysterious March 31, 2008
wiredweird (Earth, or somewhere nearby)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I'm really not sure how to describe this movie, so I'll start with the bare facts. Cegavske appears to have started from some art-school sketchbooks, and assembled a gorgeous stop-animation, supposedly taking 13 years to complete. She did all the design, scripting and animation, so this was clearly a labor of love. She created remarkable characters and sets, beautifully crafted. The composer she engaged for the score did an outstanding job, especially in the unearthly tones of the mouses' dance.
All of which says nothing about the characters and plot of the movie, which I still can't quite put words to. It carried the sense of a fully-elaborated dream world, but of someone else's dreams. The different beings seemed to act out rituals of deep importance, all of which eluded me. Rich, detailed imagery abounds, almost like the imagery of a Tarot deck - but with all of the arcane meanings unspoken. The viewer rides along in this wordless world, sensing the characters' urgency but never making out the reason for it.
Cegavske's puppets and props bring that baffling world to life. Even though this medium has been used for years in children's entertainment, make no mistake: this is for grownups. Skittish children might not tolerate the deaths of characters, or scenes like the "blood tea." A few moments drag; the script's pacing seemed uneven, and the puppet's motions never flowed smoothly. I can't let the little things get in my way, though. This stands as an incredible work of creativity, and a glimpse into another mind's imaginings.
-- wiredweird
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