5 Fictional Movie Settings That Would Be Awesome In Real Life

2. Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory

Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory Candy Room Philosopher Alan Watts once proposed the idea of lucid dreaming a lifetime of 75 years in a single night. Naturally, given this ability, many people would fulfill lifelong wishes, impossibilities, and deep pleasures. But Watts hypothesized that after several nights of complete control one might say, "Well that was pretty great, but now let€™s have a surprise! Let's have a dream which isn€™t under control! Where something is going to happen to me that I don€™t know what it€™s gonna be.€ And, just maybe, you'd enjoy the unexpected. You'd remark, full of excitement, €œWow that was a close shave wasn€™t it?" That is Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory: A living dream with limitless possibilities around every corner; a world of "pure imagination" (very sorry, but I couldn't resist...); A chocolate river, candy flavored wall paper, and a glass elevator that can go every-which-way. Without trying to get too tacky, sentimental or nostalgic about the feeling the Wonka Factory represents, it's a place where, "all of my dreams become realities and some of my realities become dreams." In a sense, it's almost the "Rosebud" for an entire generation of movie obsessives. Things to be careful of: Garbage disposals, taffy pulling machines, and products that haven't yet passed the Oompa Loompa testing phase.
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While studying English and Philosophy at Rutgers University, Andrew worked as a constant contributor to the The Rutgers Review. After graduating in 2010, he began working as a free-lance writer and editor, providing his input to numerous areas including reviews for the New York Film Series, The Express-Times, and private script and story consulting. He is currently the Director of Film Studies at The Morris County Arts Workshop in New Jersey and publishes essays on the subject of film and television at his blog, The Zoetrope.