I. Introduction -- II. The Gaze from Within -- Pt. I. Dreamscapes of Contemporary Japanese Cinema -- Pt. II. Liminal Spaces and Allegorical Quests: Anime of Hayao Miyazaki -- III. The Gaze of the Visitor: Associative Thinking and "New Sociations" through Diaristic Travel Narratives -- IV. The Gaze from a Distance: False Quests in Contemporary Cross Cultural Film Musicals -- V. American Televisual Gazes: Ambivalence and Interconnectedness -- VI. Conclusions