Written by McKean’s frequent collaborator, Neil Gaiman, MIRRORMASK melds Alice in Wonderland with dark touches of Ghibli, Greenaway and the Brothers Quay. A teenaged girl dreams of escaping from life in her parents’ struggling circus when she finds herself in another world where she must fight the forces of darkness to free the land. With the aid of the Jim Henson Company, the mix of dark and startling animation plus equally strange live action brilliantly transforms graphic novel style to the screen.
Mirrormask
Directed by Dave McKean