Dream a Little Dream

[FROGGEman2]

I know, I know, the disclaimer, but Paprika.

Just saying.

 

[Baneat]

Bob you missed the most obvious dream story that really should be on this list - A waking life. It's filmed in rotoscope by Richard Linklater (I think) - who then went onto A Scanner Darkly using similar concepts. It's metaphysical and epistemological on a serious level, so my attraction to it may be a little biased

 

[Jenx]

Reeve is a present-day playwright who falls in love with the photo of a woman from 1912, whom he believes he also met as an old woman the night before she died (it's complicated). He attempts to use a technique involving dreamlike self-hypnosis to travel back to her time.

Huh....wasn't that kind of a plot point in The Invisibles, except the play writer was King Mob? (ah yeah uuuh, spoilers...)

 

[Bloodstain]

Oh, I remember Spellbound. Great film.
I think I'm going to watch the other ones.

 

[Grahav]

I was very young when trailers of "Brazil" passed in cable.

Being brazilian, and young, I was like "What the Hell!". Specially with the soundtrack of a famous brazilian song.

Now that I know what it is about I may see it.

But I doubt that the film's bureaucrats are worse than ours. With one of the biggest taxations of the world (in a country in development, mind you), rampaging corruption and insane paperwork it will be ayough one to "defeat".

 

[WaderiAAA]

Spellbound sounds like a must see.

Being a guy who missed the eighties by a few months, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is the only one of those I have seen.

 

[ThinkerT]

To this day, just shy of a decade later, it remains a career highpoint for everyone involved.

Bit of a big claim in the context of Interview with the Vampire (by far Dunst's most compelling performance), LOTR (which I find irredeemably boring, but many people seem to think is the best thing since sliced bread), and Quills, but I think you certainly have an arguable case.

I think it barely makes Kate Winslet's top 3 career highpoints, at best right behind The Reader and Titanic.

 

[twm1709]

You know, for moment I wondered if Bob was taking an easy route and including Nightmare on Elm street in the list.

 

[13lackfriday]

Thanks a million for including Eternal Sunshine.

It stands as one of my favorite indie films of all time not only for fascinating premise but also actors (esp. Carrey) breaking typecast to do something truly simplistic yet great.

I loved the poignant ending message that accepting something, as imperfect as it is, and making the best of it is alright.

 

[Mailman]

I enjoyed Little Nemo The Dream Master the animated film. Does that count?

 

[jedizero]

I enjoyed Little Nemo The Dream Master the animated film. Does that count?

It most certainly does.

Little Nemo is *awesome*.
Best damn non-Disney/Miyazaki animation I've ever seen.

It blends western and eastern animation together marvelously.

 

[RTR]

Would've been nice to hace an interview with the Sucker Punch crew, but this'll do.
Eternal SUnshine was brilliant

 

[Outright Villainy]

Yeah, Brazil was great, especially the ending. Harrowing. And I loved Eternal Sunshine too, though unfortunately I missed a bit due to noisy housemates at the time. :/

 

[jebbo]

Ghost in the Shell 2 touches on the subject as well and it's a good movie but also weird as hell and nigh-incomprehensible, so be warned..

It's worse than incomprehensible it's a complete headfuck. I was bowled over by the first one so I hunted for a copy of 2 for ages in local DVD shops. I can't make head nor tail of it after repeated viewings but it's been a while so I might try again later tonight.

As for Eternal Sunshine, that's a criminally underrated film. Most people I speak to have never heard of it but everyone who has never has a bad word to say

 

[epikAXE]

Eternal Sunshine is FANTASIC!

 

[Aedrial]

Also Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is one of the best films of the past 10 years, go see it. Now.

Damn straight. Glad to see that movie make it on the list.

 

[Trent_Steel]

You missed out Paperhouse, which has the best visual interpretation I've ever seen of a dream. Eerie, claustrophobic and agrophobic at the same time, before turning into a horrifying nightmare later on.

It used to be regular 2am Channel 4 fodder in the 90s when the channel still showed interesting stuff but seems to have since fallen even further into obscurity.