How ‘In Your Dreams’ Crafted Its Dream Montage Set to Eurythmics Classic

When director Alex Woo set out to make his feature debut, he wanted to conquer a subject that no animated movie had been able to crack: dreams. There were countless films that had tinkered with the idea, but aside from a brief slice of Pixar’s “Inside Out,” where dreams are treated like a Hollywood studio, a movie devoted to them remained out of reach. It was a massive goal. But with “In Your Dreams,” Woo pulled it off.

The movie’s young protagonists, Stevie (Jolie Hoang-Rappaport) and her little brother...