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Dream Land Express( 1982)

TV-MAAnimationFantasyMysteryHorror
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All is not as it seems.

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A young boy is taken by a train on a mysterious journey. BAFTA-winning 14 minute adaptation of H.R. Millar's 1927 book, Dreamland Express.

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Jun 15 2025
    This is quite a beautifully crafted animation that takes us, metaphorically but quite possibly metaphysically too, on a journey from the mind’s eye of a young child’s imagination. It uses the concept of a train journey to offer us some sort of anchor for our travels, but in the main these are abstract creations that sometimes present imagery that seem to scare more than anything else. Shades of Edvard Munch are never far away from the vividly shaded, often hand-drawn, characters which are mingled with some live-action offering something altogether surreal framed only by the confines of this chi...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • dreams
    • circus
    • stop motion
    • short film