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00:00The movie opens in a pink room with a man named James sitting in a chair, looking deeply sad.
00:06He searches the kitchen for food, but the fridge is empty and there is no water running from the tap.
00:11James collapses to his knees in disappointment just when fog begins to fill the room.
00:17Moments later, a cheerful man named Buddy arrives with fried chicken and soda.
00:23He offers James the food and the two eagerly begin eating together.
00:27James tells Buddy how he's always been there for him, and Buddy assures him he can always count on him.
00:33In the following scene, we see everything being recorded by a machine, and it turns out that it was all a dream, and James is actually sleeping.
00:44It's revealed that the movie is set in the year 2035, when people's dreams are recorded and the government has extended taxation to citizens' dreams.
00:54James is one of the dream auditors, whose job entails traveling around the United States to total up the tax expenditure.
01:02This means assigning a value to any meaningful content in dreams, such as hot air balloons, buffaloes, or dandelions, and charging accordingly.
01:12Afterward, James arrives at a drive-thru called Captain Kelly's Chicken, and requests a chicken bucket.
01:18The speaker offers a bizarre chicken shake, and even suggests upgrading the bucket for $1.
01:25James agrees to upgrade the bucket, but refuses the chicken shake.
01:29However, after a moment's hesitation, he changes his mind and requests the shake as well.
01:35Later, we see James in the parking lot eating the food, when suddenly he notices a strange man covered in green grass standing in front of his car.
01:45The man immediately vanishes, causing James to get scared and drive away.
01:50After driving for hours, James leaves the city, and eventually arrives at Strawberry Mansion, a suburban house located in a remote area.
01:59He knocks on the door, and an old woman named Bella greets him, wearing colorful headgear with blinking wires on her head.
02:06James introduces himself as a tax auditor, and explains that he's there to conduct an assessment, as she has no tax records.
02:14Bella warmly invites him in, but first asks him to lick an ice cream cone.
02:18James finds the request strange, and initially refuses, but eventually ends up obliging.
02:24Next, Bella takes James inside, where he asks her a few questions about her life and occupation.
02:30He also notices that she has recorded all her dreams on VHS tapes.
02:35He asks why she hasn't updated the tapes to the new format, which was mandated 7 years ago.
02:40But Bella casually responds that she's old-fashioned and may have lost track of time.
02:46While Bella goes to make tea, James comes across a large room filled with many colorful VHS tapes, and is shocked.
02:53He asks how many tapes she has, and Bella responds she has over 2,000.
02:59Realizing it's going to take days to audit, James asks her to recommend a nearby motel.
03:05But Bella suggests he stay here, in the room of her pet turtle, Sugar Baby.
03:10James refuses at first, but when the old woman continues to insist, he eventually agrees.
03:16Next, Bella leads James to his room and leaves him to do his work.
03:20He unpacks, and we notice a strange, bulky headgear device that he will use to view Bella's dreams.
03:27He plays one of her tapes, and the scene soon cuts to an open field.
03:31James appears there as a transparent blue hologram, and notices a young Bella in the distance,
03:37playing with a caterpillar.
03:39An old man soon appears, and Bella runs to hug him as he turns out to be her father.
03:45They walk together, and come across a wounded buffalo.
03:48Bella worries that the buffalo will die, but her father assures her that nothing ever truly dies.
03:56In the real world, James removes the helmet, and writes down notes about what he saw.
04:01He is shocked to find a dandelion in his mouth, the same one that was present in the dream.
04:06Later, he reviews another tape where a young Bella is playing a violin in a graveyard.
04:12Moments later, the skeleton of her late husband rises from the grave,
04:16begins playing the saxophone, and starts dancing.
04:20James is shocked to see Bella meeting the grassman, the same figure he saw earlier in real life.
04:26James soon returns to the real world, and as he removes the helmet, he sees Bella sitting on the bed,
04:33watching him.
04:34She explains that she was just watching him work, and noticed he was smiling.
04:39However, James grows annoyed, and tells her he prefers to work in private.
04:45The old woman apologizes, and offers him dinner before finally leaving the room.
04:49Later, James is trying to watch TV, when he notices a fly trapped in a spider web.
04:55The fly begins talking, and tells James he doesn't have much time, and that he's in danger.
05:00The fly asks James to dream of it, but the man thinks it's just a hallucination, and leaves the room.
05:06Later that night, James dreams of being back in the pink room, where he sees the same fly trapped in a spider web.
05:14He tries to sweep away the webs, using a broom, but to no avail.
05:18Suddenly, Buddy appears, and hands him a spider repellent product to kill the spiders.
05:23Just then, there's a knock at the door, and James wants to see who it is,
05:28but Buddy stops him, and goes to the door himself.
05:30Outside, a woman is desperately asking to see James, but Buddy refuses to let her in.
05:36He shuts the door on her, and tells James it was just a chicken delivery from Kelly's chicken.
05:42In the next scene, we see James watching another of Bella's dreams,
05:46where her younger self is alone at a quiet French restaurant at night.
05:51A waiter with a frog's head appears to take her order, and they chat friendly.
05:55James, in his holographic form, sits in front of her and watches closely.
06:01He notices chicken on almost every table, but he can't see the bucket, which is static.
06:06In the real world, James and older Bella are having dinner,
06:10when he suddenly begins hallucinating, and feeling strange.
06:14He says he'll go to his room, but Bella urges him to stay and drink more wine.
06:19At that moment, he catches a glimpse of young Bella, who urgently tells him she needs to see him.
06:26James worries he's losing his mind, and asks older Bella about the bucket of chicken in her dream,
06:32which he couldn't see.
06:33She reveals it was probably because the bucket wasn't supposed to be there.
06:38She then asks if he believes that people's dreams are private,
06:42and that nothing should be transmitted without their consent.
06:45James agrees, after which, Bella heads to her room,
06:49and soon returns with the headgear covered in colorful wires.
06:54She reveals that she and her husband developed it together,
06:57and when they wear it, the ads disappear.
07:00James doesn't understand, so Bella explains how several ad agencies transmit ads into people's dreams
07:07without their knowledge, because it brings them money.
07:10James doesn't believe her,
07:11But she states he should've known since he watches everyone's dreams.
07:16She then gives the headgear to James to try it for himself.
07:19That night, James puts on the headgear and goes to bed,
07:23where he begins having strange dreams.
07:25At one point, he's in the pink room,
07:28trying to squeeze toothpaste from a tube,
07:30but it's empty.
07:31Just then, there's a knock at the door,
07:33and it turns out to be Buddy.
07:35Buddy shows him a tube of toothpaste,
07:37claiming it's supposed to last all day
07:40and keep him fresh.
07:41James mentions what Bella said,
07:43but Buddy warns him not to believe her,
07:46insisting she's crazy.
07:47At this moment, there is another knock on the door,
07:50and James opens it against Buddy's warning.
07:53Then, all of a sudden, a fog appears,
07:56and young Bella walks into the room.
07:59She and James exchange smiles,
08:01and the pink walls suddenly vanish.
08:04James finds himself in an open, grassy field,
08:07where he notices dozens of people wearing tape.
08:09In the real world, he wakes up and leaves his room
08:12to see a person covered in tape,
08:14who soon disappears.
08:16James then goes to find Bella,
08:18and asks what he's supposed to do with the headgear,
08:21but she calmly responds that it's up to him.
08:24He asks why she brought him here,
08:26and Bella responds she wanted someone
08:29to share her dreams with.
08:30She then hands him a special VHS tape,
08:33and reveals that they are connected
08:35in more ways than he knows.
08:37The next morning, James wakes up wearing the headgear
08:40and goes downstairs to find Bella,
08:42but he is shocked to see her lying unresponsive
08:45on a chair and already dead.
08:46He immediately informs the authorities,
08:49and not long after, paramedics arrive
08:51and take her body away.
08:53A sad James then tends to mundane tasks
08:56around the mansion to cope.
08:58He calls several people, feeds the chickens,
09:01and even takes care of Sugar Baby.
09:03He then quietly packs his belongings,
09:06including Bella's special tape.
09:08Finally, James places the headgear on Bella's bed
09:11and prepares to leave the house.
09:13In a flashback, we see James and Bella having lunch
09:16when she reveals how she has a son named Peter,
09:20but they don't get along.
09:21It is because her first husband was an evil man,
09:24and Peter took after his dad.
09:26James asks how her second husband was,
09:29and Bella responds that he was a dream
09:32and that they had a wonderful life together.
09:35In the present, James hears the doorbell ringing,
09:38and when he opens it,
09:39he finds an unfamiliar man standing there.
09:42The man introduces himself as Bella's son, Peter,
09:45and walks inside without hesitation.
09:48He shows no sadness over his mother's death,
09:51saying it was about time Bella passed away.
09:54Peter tries to convince James that his mom was a crazy woman,
09:57and warns him not to believe anything she said.
10:00James grows nervous,
10:02so Peter invites him to stay for dinner,
10:04mentioning that his wife and son will be arriving soon.
10:08Afterward, James plays the special VHS given to him by Bella
10:11and is transported into a grassy field.
10:14He then notices young Bella and the grass man spending time together,
10:18as they seem to be lovers.
10:20Before Peter can figure out who the grass man is,
10:22Peter interrupts him and summons him for dinner.
10:25At the dinner table, James meets Peter's wife, Martha, and son, Brian,
10:29both of whom seem rude.
10:31Peter then sends his wife and son to go through his mom's belongings.
10:35Once they're alone, Peter asks James about Bella's dreams,
10:38and if he has found anything interesting.
10:40He also asks what the protocol is in such situations,
10:44and if James' work here is completed.
10:47James claims he has to report this to his superiors,
10:49and that the audit still needs to be finished.
10:51Feeling increasingly disturbed, James heads to the music room,
10:56where he notices Martha and Brian destroying all the tapes.
11:00He furiously tells them they've just committed a federal crime,
11:04and that he's going to report it to his superiors.
11:07After this, James hurries to his room,
11:10where he resumes watching Bella's tape and sees her hugging the grass man.
11:14Young Bella removes the grass from his face,
11:17and James is shocked to see that the grass man is none other than himself.
11:22But before he can see more,
11:23Peter sneaks up behind him and knocks him out cold with a bat.
11:27As Peter drags James' body,
11:30James begins to have vivid and strange dreams.
11:33He sees himself bleeding from the head and stumbles outside,
11:37where Peter is wearing a wolf's head.
11:39A terrified James runs and spots Martha downstairs,
11:43looking like a witch.
11:44Brian has also lost his mind,
11:45and the three of them close in to attack.
11:49James rushes upstairs,
11:50where young Bella grabs him and pulls him into a closet.
11:53As the lunatics close in,
11:55Bella urges James to close his eyes and swim.
11:58The scene suddenly shifts to a sea,
12:01where young Bella and James swim together,
12:03finally reaching a sunlit beach.
12:05They exchange joyful smiles,
12:08after which a dreamlike montage shows them eating bananas and coconuts,
12:12while living peacefully and contentedly on the island.
12:15The two appear truly happy,
12:18spending their days dancing, laughing,
12:21and slowly falling in love.
12:22However, one day,
12:24while they are spending time together,
12:26James' head suddenly starts bleeding,
12:29and a hologram of Buddy briefly appears with an ad for an antiseptic product.
12:34Bella frantically tells James he needs to leave because they're trying to kill him.
12:38As he knows about the ads, she reveals that her son,
12:42Peter, is the CEO of a huge advertising agency,
12:46and he isn't happy about her headgear.
12:48Bella urges James to leave immediately,
12:51but he gets distracted when several versions of Buddy appear,
12:54each trying to sell him different products.
12:57In the real world,
12:58we see James slowly gaining consciousness,
13:01while Peter is dragging him to bed.
13:03Peter thus knocks him out again with the bat.
13:06The scene cuts to the dream world,
13:08where James wakes up on a ship crewed by two human-sized pirate rats.
13:13Peter asks them about Bella,
13:15but they claim to have no idea.
13:17As time passes,
13:19Peter becomes the new captain of the ship,
13:21with the rats as his crew.
13:22He desperately searches for Bella,
13:24but can't find her,
13:26and seven years pass this way.
13:28The rats begin to think the whole mission is pointless,
13:31but James still holds faith that she's out there somewhere.
13:34Back in the real world,
13:36Peter decides to set the house on fire,
13:39and kill the unconscious James before his family leaves.
13:43Meanwhile, in James' dreams,
13:46he and his rats face an unexpected threat,
13:49when they encounter a giant blue demon,
13:52which is a huge humanoid creature,
13:54wearing a skull-shaped blue mask with horns.
13:57James and his team try to fight the demon,
14:00but he overpowers them,
14:01and even tries to toss their ship.
14:03That evening, James joins the blue demon for dinner,
14:06and to his surprise,
14:08Bella appears,
14:09revealing herself as the demon's enslaved puppet.
14:12She has been chained by a collar to a pillar behind the demon,
14:16her spirit appearing to be broken.
14:18As they sit down to eat,
14:19James and Bella exchange a glance,
14:21but pretend not to recognize each other.
14:23After dinner,
14:24the demon quietly drifts off to sleep,
14:27giving James the chance to steal his keys.
14:29He quickly frees Bella,
14:30and together, they slip away without waking the demon.
14:33They jump into the sea,
14:35and finally reach the shore after a while.
14:37They spend some time together having fun,
14:40but Bella grows worried,
14:41and tells James he must leave.
14:43She reveals that the house is burning in the real world,
14:46and that he will die if he doesn't wake up.
14:48James says he wants to stay here forever,
14:51but Bella warns him he won't be here once he dies.
14:54The next day,
14:55Bella transforms James into a giant caterpillar,
14:58after which he begins swimming across the ocean.
15:01He then makes his way through a desert,
15:03and crawls for decades.
15:05A massive snowstorm arrives that lasts for centuries,
15:08and one day,
15:09James finally returns to his real body.
15:12After an endless journey,
15:14he comes across the pink house in the middle of nowhere.
15:18He heads inside,
15:19only to find Buddy waiting for him.
15:22Buddy is furious that James betrayed him
15:24after everything he did,
15:26and scolds him for being ungrateful.
15:28Meanwhile,
15:29in the real world,
15:30the house begins to burn rapidly,
15:32while in the dream,
15:33the pink house starts moving,
15:35as all the objects inside begin collapsing down on James from above.
15:40Just when it seems like all hope is lost,
15:43Bella finally appears,
15:44and reaches out to the unconscious James.
15:47She places the colorful headgear on his head,
15:50and manages to wake him up.
15:52At this moment,
15:53Buddy begins to turn into a hologram,
15:55and eventually disappears.
15:58After this,
15:59James and Bella leave the pink room,
16:01and are greeted by a large send-off party.
16:04This includes all of Bella's dream characters,
16:07like the frog waiter,
16:08pirate rats,
16:09and even the blue demon.
16:11Peter also unexpectedly shows up,
16:14and apologizes to his mother for everything.
16:16Bella seems happy,
16:18but James suspects something fishy is going on.
16:20Following this,
16:21Bella grabs James' hand,
16:24and a beam of light slowly lifts them off the ground.
16:27It seems like everything is going to be okay for the two,
16:30when suddenly James notices Peter's head turning into a wolf.
16:34Before he can figure out what's happening,
16:36he and Bella are separated,
16:38and transformed into golden balls of fire,
16:41drifting apart.
16:42Their bodies begin to disintegrate,
16:44and Bella urges him to fight it,
16:46and wake up before it's too late.
16:48James says he's melting,
16:50so Bella tells him to land on the ice cream cone.
16:53The disintegrating James then falls into the same ice cream
16:57that older Bella had offered him to lick
16:59when he first arrived at the house.
17:01At this moment,
17:02James finally wakes up in the real world,
17:04and notices the house on fire.
17:06He immediately heads outside,
17:08and manages to save himself.
17:10But moments later,
17:11he again risks his life,
17:13and heads inside,
17:14and grabs Bella's tape,
17:15her headgear,
17:16and her beloved turtle,
17:18Sugar Baby.
17:19Once outside,
17:20James mournfully watches,
17:22as the Strawberry Mansion burns away in front of him.
17:25Days later,
17:26we see James in the city,
17:27and watching the tape Bella had given him.
17:29It shows young Bella standing at a grave,
17:32beside the Grassman.
17:33The two go on a dreamy date,
17:35and Bella eventually brushes the grass off his body,
17:39revealing none other than James underneath.
17:41The movie concludes with the two of them walking hand-in-hand towards Strawberry Mansion.
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