dream early

Jimmie 2022-03-20 09:02:28

I watched it at night, and it felt like I was in a dream ahead of time.
The paintings of the little girl Helena in the film are very special. One night after her mother fell ill, she entered the world in her paintings. Everything inside is amazing: books that fly back to the library by themselves, cats with human faces, and more. What I think is the most interesting is the strange animal with the head of a pigeon and the body of the tourist ape Tarzan. It's funny, the pointy beak of a pigeon will grow crooked when it collides, or it will simply fall off, haha.
The music box that can sing at the Black Queen's place sings very beautiful, psychedelic steps, it seems to be called "close to you".
The film is also very fantastic, but what I thought of: it is a world that is completely reversed with reality in the mirror, and it is not the same thing at all.

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  • Black Queen: You need a pretty frock and a happy smile.

    Helena: A smile?

    Black Queen: With a smile on your face everything will seem brighter because from now on we are... what?

    Helena: I don't know.

    Black Queen: Tell her.

    Black Queen's Guard: Uh, not at home to Mr. Grumpy, your majesty.

    Black Queen: Exactly.

  • Helena: [during opening credits, playing with sock puppets] Ha! You may think I'm a hardhearted black sock, but underneath this dark woolly exterior is a naked pink foot.

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