Heaven and Earth Magic

Heaven and Earth Magic

Directed by Harry Smith

Produced by Mystic Fire Video

196266 min5.7 / 10

A surreal, spiritually-inflected avant-garde animation that treats mundane and cosmic events with equal dreamlike abstraction, resisting conventional narrative logic.

The first part depicts the heroine's toothache consequent to the loss of a very valuable watermelon, her dentistry and transportation to heaven. Next follows an elaborate exposition of the heavenly land, in terms of Israel and Montreal. The second part depicts the return to Earth from being eaten by Max Müller on the day Edward VII dedicated the Great Sewer of London.

Questions people ask

  • Does Heaven and Earth Magic end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Heaven and Earth Magic violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is Heaven and Earth Magic easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Heaven and Earth Magic scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Is Heaven and Earth Magic sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

38/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

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Rarity97

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise25

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love13

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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