If I could sum up my childhood with one movie, it would be
Labyrinth. Every chance I got, I was watching that movie, and still to this
day, it is one of my favorites. It explores a fantastical world of goblins and
magic, all created by the power team of director Jim Henson and producer George
Lucas. This movie also has a dream cast of Jennifer Connelly and the infamous
David Bowie. If you are not familiar with the movie, it is about a young girl
names Sarah who dreams of a world where she does not have the responsibility of
her annoying baby brother and she is the ruler of her own world. When she
wishes upon the Goblin king to come take her brother, she finds that she gets
more than she bargained for. Jareth, played by David Bowie, swoops in to capture
the child, and says that the only way for Sarah to get her brother Toby back
is to find her way to his castle hidden somewhere within a magical labyrinth.
On her journey, Sarah meets an eclectic cast of characters, all of which are
puppets created by Henson himself.
The beauty of this movie truly comes from the set, costumes,
and puppets. The viewer is transported to a magical land that is both
fascinating and a bit frightening, especially to a young child. There is a
dream sequence in this movie that I believe is beyond beautiful. It involves
Sarah at a masquerade party and Bowie singing as she gets lost in the crowd of
beautiful costumes and strange masks.
Of course the scene is very 80’s, (1986 to be exact) but who
doesn’t love a romantic 80’s scene now and then.
Labyrinth is a movie that I will watch over and over again.
I would recommend it to everyone, if not for the story, at least for the creative
characters from the mind of the brilliant Jim Henson. And if you are still not
into any of those things, at least you can be mesmerized by the voice of
musical icon David Bowie.
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