Alice -cal Vista- -split Scenes- ((exclusive)) May 2026

Title: Beyond the Rabbit Hole: A Review of Cal Vista’s "Alice"

The "Split Scenes" in Alice are not post-production afterthoughts; they are baked into the film's logic. Evidence from archived production notes (held in private collections) suggests that director "John T. Kelleigh" (a pseudonym, likely for someone connected to the Ann Arbor film co-op) insisted on shooting with multiple Bolex cameras running in tandem. Alice -Cal Vista- -Split Scenes-

Distributed by Cal Vista, a studio known in the late 70s for pushing the envelope of narrative smut (they were behind the infamous SexWorld), Alice is unique. It is a film that is less interested in the "money shots" and more interested in the descent. The protagonist, Alice, is not a wide-eyed child but a disaffected woman trapped in a gaudy, bourgeois nightmare. When she follows the "White Rabbit" (often portrayed as a sleazy, fast-talking porn producer or a literal man in a decaying costume), she falls not into a garden, but into a video feedback loop. Title: Beyond the Rabbit Hole: A Review of

Relationships and social microdramas Cal Vista’s social world is small and intense. Neighbors function as ongoing performances: the florist who keeps secrets, the retired mechanic whose stories substitute for facts, the clerk who smiles but eyes the clock. Alice’s interactions are often tentative rituals: checking in, offering small kindnesses, pretending everything is normal. Through these microdramas the essay explores how communities sustain themselves with partial truths and selective amnesia. Trust is a currency kept in limited denominations. Distributed by Cal Vista , a studio known