First film

My first film. A surreal film about reality... check it out.

In this film I seek to adapt Lewis Carroll’s story, which served also as a criticism to Victorian society in nineteenth century England, to a criticism of nowadays society; specially youth. In the film Alice sees herself in an LSD trip and as the acid’s effect of delirium go by her problems are pictured in a most bizarre way.

Scene Index:

1. The pool of tears

2. Dow the rabbit’s hole

3. A caucus race and a long tale

4. The Mock Turtle’s story

5. A mad tea party

6. Alice’s evidence

7. Credits

Characters [In order of appearance]:

· Alice (Mariana Valdes)

· Alice’s dad (Rodrigo Fdz.)

· Alice’s boyfriend (Bernabé Kim)

· Drug dealer/White Rabbit (Bernardo Goldberg)

· Siddharta Gautama (Bernabé Kim)

· Jesus Christ (Mariana Santos)

· Moses (Rodrigo Fdz.)

· Rama of Ayodhya (Bernardo Goldberg)

· Audrey Heburn/Mad Hatter [Bourgeois lady] (Mariana Santos)

Influences:

· Escritos surrealistas by Luis Buñuel

· Dreams by Akira Kurosawa

· Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

· Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote

· Un Chien Andalou by Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel

· Hair by Miloš Forman

· Imitation of Christ by Andy Warhol

· Sita sings the blues by Nina Paley

· Buda by Deepak Chopra

Musical Credits:

· I’ve got you under my skin. By Frank Sinatra

· Danse Macabre. By Franz Liszt

· LSD. By Hallucinogen

· Bachelorette. By Björk

Is art a mirror of reality?

“We live in a description of reality” –Jean Houston

Reality is the true existence of things. Should something not truly exist, it wouldn’t be part of reality. Art, on the other hand, is the ability and result of creating, therefore an artist has to be able to create things so they can form part of reality or recreate what already is real. So should something not be found in reality, it could be created through art. Art reflects not the accurate reality, not the raw, crude world we all know; it depicts an artist’s point of view. Art does not mirror THE reality but A reality. The reality of a creative visionary, called an artist.

Art can either be considered a part of reality, or a separate reality. It is a reality where possibilities are endless and visions can advance to the stage where they are real. Dreams are part of the reality of art and the freedom found in that world is what’s so attractive and beautiful of art. As George Moore says: “Reality can destroy the dream – why shouldn't the dream destroy reality?”

Frida Kahlo, known for her paintings full of bizarre symbols, deathly visions and constant references to supernatural creatures and objects related to tragic happenings constantly tags herself as a ‘realist painter’. She once mentioned “I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.” Therefore we can conclude art is not an image of common reality, art is a reality. It is the reality the artist lives but expressed in the most comfortable way for the person creating it.