In “Hugo” (2011)—a family film directed by Martin Scorsese, and adapted by John Logan from Brian Selznick’s book The Invention of Hugo Cabret—movies and dreams are synonymous. Remembering visits to the theater with his deceased father, Hugo (Asa Butterfield) says: “He said it was like seeing his dreams in the middle of the day.” Later, when another character recalls a childhood visit to a movie set, we see the director welcome him with these words: “If you’ve ever wondered where your dreams come from, you look around. This is where they’re made.”
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