![]() In a completely arbitrary world, what difference does anything make? "Labyrinth" is intended as another extension of Henson's muppetry, in which the creatures he creates are more scary and real than ever.īut they are still Muppets, and I think the Muppet idea works better when humans visit the Muppet world (as in the Muppets movies), rather than when Muppets turn up in the human world. Therefore, we're wasting out psychic energy by caring. Consider, for example, the scene in "Labyrinth" where Sarah thinks she is waking up from her horrible dream and opens the door of her bedroom. Anything can happen, nothing needs to happen, nothing is as it seems and the rules keep changing. I have a problem with almost all nightmare movies: They aren't as suspenseful as they should be because they don't have to follow any logic. We are reminded a little of " Alice in Wonderland" (1976). Inside the labyrinth, Sarah faces a series of horrific challenges and meets a lot of strange characters. Indeed, all the special effects in the movie are impressive, showing the director, Muppets creator Jim Henson, working at the top of his form. Our first view of the labyrinth is impressive. ![]() He sets her a task: She can get the child back, but only by finding her way through an endless labyrinth to the castle in the center. She is visited by Jareth (David Bowie), the ruler of the mystical world that is just out of sight of ordinary eyes. She's left to baby-sit for her baby brother, and when she teasingly wishes the goblins would take him away, she gets her wish. ![]()
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