In 2012, Portuguese animator Sergio Martins sent DeLonge an animated incarnation of a rabbit, a logo for DeLonge's band Blink-182. The film was inspired by Blade Runner and A Clockwork Orange. The film's script also takes influence from a study conducted by Stanford University on nightmares, positing that they prepare humans for real-world events. The character is largely based upon him the character design includes dark bangs that DeLonge sported previously. I think it's an interesting exercise to dig into them and find out what dreams mean.ĭeLonge first created the Poet character in 1999 in a hotel room in Paris. Literally, half of our life is spent doing this thing we know very little about, and yet we write it off as not being important. Poet must confront his demons as his real life and dream world collide. Poet Anderson, a lucid dreamer, is led into an alternate universe where he meets his guardian angel, the Dream Walker, as well as his greatest fear, the Night Terror. It won Best Animated Film at the Toronto International Short Film Festival. The film was released alongside the Angels & Airwaves album The Dream Walker on December 9, 2014. The story of the short is intended to be the first in an overarching multimedia project that spans books, a graphic novel, and an eventual feature-length film. The brothers put together a small team and independently worked on the project over a two-year period. Inspired by films such as Blade Runner and A Clockwork Orange, as well as anime such as Aoki Densetsu Shoot! and Akira, initial concept art by Mike Henry was later developed into designs by Sergio and Edgar Martins, Portuguese animators who contacted DeLonge unsolicited online. The film features music from DeLonge's rock group Angels & Airwaves.ĭeLonge had the concept for the character dating back a decade before writing an initial screenplay.

The film focuses on the title character Poet, who discovers his guardian angel and destiny inside the Dream World, an alternate universe created by humankind's shared unconscious thoughts. Poet Anderson: The Dream Walker is a 2014 American–Portuguese animated short film directed by Tom DeLonge, Edgar Martins, and Sergio Martins.

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