Oliver & Company (1988)
The first Disney movie with attitude.
Putting its own 'twist' on the story of Oliver Twist, the orange runt of a litter of kittens must fight for survival on the rough streets on New York City, finding unlikely friends in the dogs owned by a down-on-his luck man named Fagin. Soon, Oliver and his new band of comrades must fight for survival when Fagin is unable to pay his debts.
In Oliver & Company, consciousness is carried by animals — a plane of “animal city”. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing class, belonging, crime, family.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Also hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Paddington (2014)consciousness in animals · anthropomorphic bear in London
Lady and the Tramp (2019)consciousness in animals · canine suburbia
Ice Age (2002)consciousness in animals · mammoth migration
Stuart Little (1999)consciousness in animals · mouse‑in‑human world
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)consciousness in animals · anthropomorphic animal countryside
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)consciousness in animals · canine adventureSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)consciousness in monsters · belonging, family
Lilo & Stitch (2002)consciousness in aliens · belonging, family
Nanny McPhee (2005)consciousness in monsters · class, family
When Marnie Was There (2014)consciousness in the dead · belonging, family
Lilo & Stitch (2025)consciousness in aliens · belonging, family
Barbie in 'A Christmas Carol' (2008)consciousness in objects · class, family
