“Are you thinking what I am thinking?”
“Yes. If we put little wheels on the bottoms of our shoes, we could just roll around everywhere...” The characters Helena and Valentine from the film MirrorMask have this dialogue and it sums up the randomness of surrealism. It emphasizes how two completely arbitrary unrelated objects can be fused together in the creative world of surrealism where there essentially are no boundaries. This essay will discuss that in terms of the film MirrorMask, and Un Chien Andalou. There will be explanations of what the films are about, and then some theoretical discussion relating to surrealism. Once these aspects have been established, this essay will explain the reasoning behind why it is possible for MirrorMask to be considered a modern-day surrealist film whilst …show more content…
(Marnette, 2017) They are unaware that they are observed by the Queen of Shadows who has mistaken Helena for the Princess of the Land of Shadows. Helena and Valentine attempt to stay ahead of the shadows as they follow clues to the charm. She learns that the charm is called the "MirrorMask". Helena also discovers that by looking through the windows of the buildings, she can see into her bedroom in the real world. This is done by looking through the illustrations of windows that she created and hung on the wall. She discovers that a twin of herself is living there and behaving drastically different from how she normally behaves. The twin soon becomes aware of her existence in the illustrations and begins to destroy them, which leads to parts of the fantasy world being destroyed. Valentine then betrays Helena to the Queen of Shadows in exchange for a large payment of jewels. The Queen's servants twist Helena's mind so she is forced to believe she is the Princess of Shadows. Valentine has a change of mind and returns to the Queen's palace. He helps Helena to break the spell which is cast onto her. They
“Yes. If we put little wheels on the bottoms of our shoes, we could just roll around everywhere...” The characters Helena and Valentine from the film MirrorMask have this dialogue and it sums up the randomness of surrealism. It emphasizes how two completely arbitrary unrelated objects can be fused together in the creative world of surrealism where there essentially are no boundaries. This essay will discuss that in terms of the film MirrorMask, and Un Chien Andalou. There will be explanations of what the films are about, and then some theoretical discussion relating to surrealism. Once these aspects have been established, this essay will explain the reasoning behind why it is possible for MirrorMask to be considered a modern-day surrealist film whilst …show more content…
(Marnette, 2017) They are unaware that they are observed by the Queen of Shadows who has mistaken Helena for the Princess of the Land of Shadows. Helena and Valentine attempt to stay ahead of the shadows as they follow clues to the charm. She learns that the charm is called the "MirrorMask". Helena also discovers that by looking through the windows of the buildings, she can see into her bedroom in the real world. This is done by looking through the illustrations of windows that she created and hung on the wall. She discovers that a twin of herself is living there and behaving drastically different from how she normally behaves. The twin soon becomes aware of her existence in the illustrations and begins to destroy them, which leads to parts of the fantasy world being destroyed. Valentine then betrays Helena to the Queen of Shadows in exchange for a large payment of jewels. The Queen's servants twist Helena's mind so she is forced to believe she is the Princess of Shadows. Valentine has a change of mind and returns to the Queen's palace. He helps Helena to break the spell which is cast onto her. They