Art kids, queue this movie!
Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean, the writer and illustrator of books like The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldish, The Wolves in the Walls, and Mr. Punch, also made a movie. MirrorMask didn’t make the biggest splash but every frame is an inspiration. Like the director was painting on film.
Posted: March 8th, 2007 under artists, comic.
Comments: 9
Comments
Comment from Sherry Rogers
Time: March 9, 2007, 7:42 am
Hey I loved this movie! So cool you’re giving it space!
Comment from french toast girl
Time: March 9, 2007, 8:59 am
It’s also a Henson project…. which to me makes it doubly appealing and beautiful. ♥
Comment from rama
Time: March 9, 2007, 9:25 am
yes! i heard that it was sort of commissioned by the jim henson company as a sister film to movies like The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth (in which david bowie sings… you remind me of the babe… what babe? …the babe with the power… what power… the power of voodoo… who do?… you do!… what?!… you remind me of the babe.) a trilogy of weirdness.
Comment from Katrina
Time: March 9, 2007, 11:25 am
I love that you just quoted “Magic Dance.” I get that song (and that exact line!) stuck in my head all the time because that was one of my all-time favorite movies as a kid.
Comment from rama
Time: March 9, 2007, 11:54 am
me too. and no one ever knows what i’m going on about. “what are you like?!” they say to me.
Comment from Cori
Time: March 9, 2007, 4:56 pm
I was hoping it was funded by Cirque Du Soleil when I first saw it. :-) Anyway, great film. I agree with you, every frame is a work of art.
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Comment from Raul Villanueva
Time: March 9, 2007, 6:43 am
I have seen this movie.
Is really an inspiration!
Sadly my rented copy was badly scratched towards the end, and I couldn’t see the last part. I have to buy it, my wife will love it.
Really recommended.