Strawberry Mansion story
Strawberry Mansion is an American surrealist science fiction adventure romantic comedy film directed and written by Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley. Synopsis: A government agent falls in love with a woman in the dream recordings he has been tasked to audit.
13 total · 4 major · 9 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| advertising in society | major | Adds being projected into peoples dreams, the dreams of James in particular, was a recurring motif in the film. |
| dream recorder | major | The story is set in a future in which peoples dreams are recorded on VHS cassettes. |
| romantic love | major | James fell in love with the woman inside the dream recordings he was auditing. |
| taxation in society | major | The viewer is made to ponder whether the government should be able to tax people based on what goes on inside their dreams. |
| arson | minor | Peter burned down his deceased mother's house to prevent a government tax man from completing his audit of her estate. |
| father and son | minor | Peter briefly interacted with his adult son, Brian. |
| hospitality | minor | Arabella was a gracious host to James. |
| husband and wife | minor | Peter indirectly instructed his wife, Martha, to destroy his deceased mother's dream recordings. |
| junk foods in society | minor | One gathers James' ordering of a Mega-Barnyard Bucket of chicken and a chicken shake at the Cap'n Kelly drive through was a commentary on fast foods in society. |
| mother and son | minor | In the dream world, Peter reconciled with his estranged mother, Arabella. |