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Little Red Riding Hood (1997)
great traditional version of the fairy tale
Viewers who don't know the traditional variations of this story, #333 in the Aarne-Thompson-Uther index of folktale types, may think that David Kaplan has played fast and loose with "Little Red Riding Hood." Actually, his short film is based on versions of the tale, including those found in rural France, in which the title character is quite capable of taking care of herself, unlike her namesake in the version by Perrault, who simply perishes with her grandmother at the end, or the Grimms' "Little Red Cap," who needs to be rescued by a hunter. Apart from its authenticity, though, this is a beautiful and often funny film. Cristina Ricci, the Red character, is superb, but so is Timour Bourtasenkov, the ballet dancer who plays the wolf. I can't think of a better short film to introduce to students the idea that fairy tales are not exactly what their experiences with Disney films led them to expect!