本片由十个段落组成,每个段落分别以不同的音乐表达,有些段落有剧情,有些段落只是纯音乐,还有通俗的音乐,像爵士、民谣等,此片巧妙地将音乐、喜剧、马戏、歌剧熔为一炉,是较为经典的短篇音乐合辑动画片。 本片是迪士尼第八部经典动画。
本片共包括十个段落︰
1.马丁与可依﹙Th e Martins and t he Coys)乡村民谣
2.蓝色拜伦河﹙Blue Ba you)诗歌
3.大家来跳舞﹙All the Cats JoinIn)爵士间奏曲
4.没有你﹙Without You)蓝调
5.强棒凯西﹙Caseyat the Bat)戏剧吟诵
6.俪影双舞﹙Two Silhouettes)芭蕾三联韵
7.彼得与狼﹙Peter and the Wolf)音乐剧
8.自君别后﹙After You've Gone)四种乐器演奏曲
9.软呢帽强尼与蓝绒帽艾莉丝﹙Johnny Fedora and Alice Bluebonnet)爱之颂
10.唱歌剧的鲸鱼﹙The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met)歌剧挽歌
Synopsis
In the Allegory of the Cave, Plato ponders: what would happen if one of the prisoners managed to free themselves from their chains and escape from the cave? What if that prisoner were Jay, a little 7-year-old boy?
Director’s statement
What lies behind the daily movement of a city? Last winter, we met in Paris and began discussing the Allegory of the Cave, as told in Plato’s Republic. The myth imagines humanity living in chains, facing the back of a cave, and watching shadows move on the walls, thinking it is reality. We both work with images, which certainly can be illusions, but can also become instruments of struggle and liberation of thought. So, from this discussion, we decided to create a short film. We had a few fixed ideas—the cave, the dance, the city bustling around us—and one question: what would happen if we all managed to turn together towards the exit of the cave? Perhaps it is not enough to assert that images are illusions as long as the chains that bind us are real.