I've always thought that the opposite of love is not love
I didn't understand it until now
The antonym of love is forgetting
I will not forget you
Because I've always loved you
- "Dream Quest"
A person will die three times in his lifetime:
The cessation of the heartbeat was biologically pronounced dead.
Hold a funeral where people declare that you are no longer present in society.
The last person in the world to remember you forgot about you, and the whole universe no longer has anything to do with you.
Dream Quest tells the story of the adventures of Mig, a 12-year-old boy from a family of shoemakers.
He loved music since childhood, but for mystical reasons in his family, he regarded music as taboo and forbade MiGs to touch it.
Obsessed with music, MiG happens to break into the world of the undead and join Exto in uncovering the true story behind the history of the MiG family, and embarks on a magical journey back to the human world with the help of his deceased ancestors.
Another interesting setting in the film is that the undead are maintained by the memory of the living, and once the memory of the living is gone, the undead will also dissipate and usher in the "final death"...
If DreamWorks is a model of Hollywood animation blending Chinese elements, Pixar's is an unparalleled feast of Mexican culture.
As a family drama with the theme of the Day of the Dead, the fantasy city of the dead and the Mexican elements gushing out of the film are gorgeous and shocking, which can be called an encyclopedia of Mexican culture.
The film opens with a room set up with an altar with pictures of the Migs' deceased relatives, as well as flowers, bread, skull candy, tequila and other tributes.
In Mexico, the Day of the Dead is a festival commemorating deceased loved ones, similar to China's Qingming Dynasty, where people believe that deceased relatives will return to the human world on this day, crossing the boundaries of life and death and reuniting with their families.
You will be dazzled by the overwhelming chrysanthemum petals in the film, which is a famous marigold in Mexico.
Marigolds, also known as the Flower of the Dead, are adorned on altars and cemeteries, with petals scattered on the streets, and Mexicans believe that marigolds' unique aroma and bright colors can guide the deceased to find their way home.
MiG and Dog Dante enter the world of the undead with the magic of the petals and see the breathtaking golden bridge covered with marigold petals.
After MiG travels to the world of the undead, the protagonist in the film begins to turn into a skeleton, and even MiG is forced to dress up as a skeleton.
In Mexico, where skeletons represent not terror, but joy, there is no country in the world more keen on skeletons than Mexico.
Born in the early 19th century, this skull figure was created by the Mexican engraving artist José Guadalupe Posada, and has now become one of the most important images in Mexico.
The film begins with a paper-cut painting that tells the story of Mig's family background, which is very creative.
Unlike Chinese paper-cutting, Mexican paper-cutting is actually a work chiseled out of a chisel, which is figuratively called "Papel picado", which literally translates to perforated paper.
In Mexico, paper-cutting has always been an important vehicle for sacrifice, prayer, and witchcraft rituals, and as early as 1900, anthropologists found priestly paper-cutting for religious rituals in Indian homes.
The film's creators traveled to many parts of Mexico, incorporating many architectural elements to create a beautiful and colorful world of the undead.
In the film, After mig crosses into the world of the undead with the help of the magic of marigold petals, he is led by his family to walk on the bridge of the undead connecting the two worlds of life and death.
The design of these bridges was inspired by the ancient aqueduct bridges of some cities in central Mexico.
*The ancient water bridge was photographed in the city of Morelia
MiG walks across the Bridge of the Dead and sees a splendid and bustling city of the dead, a sight that is easily reminiscent of Guanajuato, the mexico travel mecca.
Guanajuato was voted one of the best travel destinations of 2018 by Lonely Planet.
Surrounded by mountains and a valley of different shapes and houses painted in colour, the town is unique in the world.
Guanajuato at night, in particular, is mysterious and full of color, which has a great influence on the architectural design of the undead world in the film.
* Guanajuato
A closer look reveals that the City of the Dead is a city with vertical structures that stand in the water, and the architectural arrangement represents a sense of historical layering:
This ingenious way of constructing it is actually influenced by the history of Mexico City.
Mexico City's predecessor, Tenochtillan, was inspired by the city of the undead, a city of the undead that stood in the water.
* Restoration of the city of Tenochtillan
As the foundation part of the city of the dead, at the very bottom is a flat-topped pyramid that supports the magnificent structure of the city of the dead.
On the bridge where MiG enters the City of the Dead, the camera gives a large close-up of the flat-topped pyramid.
The flat-topped pyramid is based on the ancient city of Teotiva and is a must-see monument to Mexico City.
* Flat-topped pyramids
On their way to escape their families, Mig and Héctor walk up a flight of steps to a hidden corner of the city, flanked by interesting carvings of feathered snake heads, the feathered serpent god believed by the ancient Indians to control rain and harvest.
This serpent-de-shaped staircase is based on the famous feathered snake shrine in the ancient city of Teotihuacan.
* Feather Serpent Shrine pedestal
Before entering the City of the Dead, you need to go through the customs formalities, and the architectural style of the City of the Dead passes looks very much like the library of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
*National Autonomous University of Mexico
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