Best/favorite attempts at capturing dream logic/imagery

[Andrew Ratto]

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[Savage Henry]

Yeah I would say Frederico Fellini and Terry Gilliam are probably the better directors at emulating a dream like state, particularly because the line between the dream and reality is so blurred, and thats how dreams feel, at least while you are dreaming them. Best examples of these are 8 1/2 and Brazil. Satyricon was trippy, but when it all was over I still thought it sucked.

Some other honorable mentions are Trainspotting, American Beauty, Mulholland Dr., and The Shining (although I don't know if gradually going insane qualifies as dreaming).

[ThirdOuting]

Institute Benjamenta
Santa sangre
Un chien andalou
Solaris (Tarkovsky)
Some Lynch work (Eraserhead, Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive)

[bigred760]

American Psycho turned out to be very fucked up towards the end where I wasn't sure what was going on. And good call on Mulholland Drive - fits this thread perfectly.

And let us not forget Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; that movie had me tripping like crazy, wondering in what "reality" the scene was in at each moment.

[SIREN30]

Heavenly Creatures had some great dream imagery.

I also liked the use of imagery in What Dreams May Come although the movie SUCKS!!!! :D

Brazil, The Wizard of Oz, TIme Bandits...these were more 'fantasy' than dream imagery but it was still great.

[Hannibal21]

Ingmar Bergman's Persona definitely has a very bizarre dream like quality and always manages to fuck with my mind. The film never fails to put me in awe and disturb me with its imagery, leaving me with emotions that I really can't describe in words, I love that feeling.

David Lynch's Mulholland Drive, as stated already.

Hitchcock's Vertigo as well, the dream imagery from that film seems to come right out of my own nightmares.

[Sheriff Wydell]

Besides the fact that Lost Highway is probably a phenomenal American film, it had the best dream sequence use of editing, story & reality & images.

Mulholland Drive was clever, very clever. If you watch the film a few times, then you will realize how brilliantly Lynch crafted it.

Mulholland Drive defines a dream sequence.

Let's not forget the quirky yet powerful Naked Lunch.

[bigred760]

You know, I considered the scene in King Kong when the big guy sees Ann in New York. The street, cars, so on and so forth around her are in perfect shape and order - no destruction in sight, right after he demolished everything. He's picturing her in a perfect world . . . or some crap like that :D.

[Brando @$$ Fat]

The third act of Fanny and Alexander is one of the most beautiful dream (it's debatable whether it is all a dream or not, but the dream logic is definitely there) sequences I've ever seen. It's really extraordinary, something everyone needs to watch at one point in their lives.