A saikei landscape will remind the viewer of a natural location through its overall topography, choice of ground materials, and the species used in its plantings.

It reminds the viewer of the base matter that lies at the heart of human life.

The film reminds the viewer that parts of developed society now exist in a separate world from the rest, serviced by visitors from the other world - nannies, gardeners, tutors.

Colourful of spine and picturesque of arrangement, these poor old volumes serve, unmistakably, as a dig - a critical memento mori, reminding the viewer of the ineluctable fate of most literature.

This juxtaposition brings out the aspects particular to each form while also reminding the viewer of the similarities in dance and music across cultures.