Each new work serves as a progressive contribution to this saga portraying the birth, death, afterlife and dreamlike states of a range of characters, particularly the Mounds (half - animal, half - plant like creatures) and their aggressors, the Vegans, existing in a universe governed by two opposing forces: the stark, paternal Loid and the colourful, maternal Painter. (halesgallery.com)
The objective with Avatar was trying to induce in the audience a waking dreamlike state. (discovermagazine.com)
By this point in the film I entered an almost dreamlike state in which I felt like I was watching the film through a haze. (mildconcern.com)