Ghosts in dreams and in reality The creative genius of Walt Disney and his company has given us countless characters and stories, from Bambi and Dumbo to Mickey Mouse and the Lion King. Something that always goes away, but always stays in our memories: childhood. It is about him and tells the cartoon “Alice and ghosts”.
The little girl, along with her friends, walked on the street, played like all children played at all times. And, as at all times, the trajectory of the fall of the stones tended toward someone's window. In this case, the window of an abandoned house rumored to be full of ghosts. The stone, of course, belonged to the main character, and she had to make mistakes alone: to pull it out of an unknown structure.
There were no otherworldly beings there. And you could have covered your tracks by now, when suddenly an awkward step on an unstable board led Alice to be thrown back and forth all over the house. Over this funny scene, built on old, as the world, jokes, during the creation of the cartoon, however, were still quite new, it is difficult not to smile, although for the heroine this is not the most pleasant consequences.
A sack on her head transports her to a fictional world. Here Disney appears before us as a master of art craft. Alice’s thoughts and the real world intertwine in an amazing way, giving rise to a completely new place like a mirror reflecting reality. The only real character here is the girl herself and, most importantly, she was transferred through combined filming: an amazingly painstaking work that looks very original against the background of modern people in cartoons. Moreover, every frame of this work tells us that everything that happens is a fairy tale created by the heroine’s consciousness. But the story is a lie, and in it a hint.
There's a lot of hints here. First, it's a cat Alice saves from a ghost life (read like the box she pulled him out of the house). At the end of this dream, he will actually lick her hand, which will be reflected in the world of imagination. Along the way, we approach the main motive of the cartoon: the courage of a little girl who was not afraid to enter a haunted house. This is demonstrated by the victory over spirits in the world of imagination. But this is the end of the dream, and the harsh reality again comes into its own.
In portraying her, Disney showed us that crime must always be punished. This is a surprisingly non-happy ending for a children's cartoon (Why do you forgive your characters their bad deeds?), but really the right ending. And at the same time, the great animator conveyed his greetings to all opponents of emancipation and to this process with the undeservedly forgotten phrase “A woman always pays for everything”, leaving the viewer to look at the title of “The End” and reflect on everything that just happened to him.
The painting “Alice and Ghosts” is a work that can appeal to both children and adults. There is something to think about, there is something to laugh at, there is something to admire, there is someone to worry about. The End and To Be Continued, because Disney Studios still have many years of creativity ahead. And Alice’s Spooky Adventure is a worthy start to a worthy journey.
7 out of 10