Dreams on Film: The Cinematic Struggle Between Art and ScienceMcFarland, 28 de jun. de 2010 - 209 páginas Films with dream sequences, or a dreamlike quality, allow directors to create their own rules of logic and nature to meet a variety of artistic needs. For instance, an opening dream immediately establishes what a character is feeling; a later dream--or series of them--provides viewers with a glimpse of the climax, and a concluding dream ties up loose ends. (In real life, of course, dreams do not occur at such convenient times or serve such useful purposes.) This book explores why science is lost or distorted in the process of representing dreams on film and why audiences prefer this figurative truth of art over the literal truth of science. Part One discusses changes in form and considers the history of dream theory. Additionally, the physiology of sleeping and dreaming, dream structure, sleep deprivation, dreams under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and waking up, as depicted on film, are examined. Part Two investigates changes in content, and delves into the psychology of sleeping and dreaming, dream interpretation, altered states of consciousness, visions and prophecies, dreams as wish fulfillment, sex and death, nightmares, and reality versus illusion. The author uses theories by Freud, Jung, and current experts in her analyses of dream sequences and their use in film. |
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... turn to Jungian theory , existential psychology , Gestalt therapy , or modern neuro- logical theories of the dreaming process . Some neurological theories , in fact , can be used to argue that dreams have no meaning . Although not ...
... turns away to a private one , " acknowledging a clear distinction between the mind's accessibility when waking and sleep- ing ( Cohen , Curd , Reeve , 1995 , 27 , frag.22 ) . Heraclitus also explored how an inactive body works in ...
... turning , sleepwalking ( somnambulism ) , night ter- rors , moaning , and sleeptalking ( somniloquy ) . After about an hour of NREM sleep , the brain stem is activated by neurochemical changes that start sending impulses to higher brain ...
... turn survive to produce " ( Gell - Mann , 249 ) . Therefore , adaptation requires that traits arise due to selection pressures- heritable traits will be modified over generations due to differential reproductive success of the organisms ...
... turn , murmur , or shout ( indicating NREM ) yet have richly symbolic dreams , with vivid images contained with a definite story structure ( indicating REM ) . Would reporter and Los Angeles Lakers fan Irwin Fletcher ( Chevy Chase ) in ...
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Sleep Deprivation | 37 |
Dreams Under the Influence | 46 |
Waking Up | 54 |
Creative Differences Changes in Content | 65 |
Psychology of Sleeping and Dreaming | 67 |
Dream Themes Sex and Death | 114 |
Nightmares | 126 |
Dream Elements | 138 |
Dream Symbols | 147 |
Reality vs Illusion | 161 |
Conclusion | 178 |
Filmography | 181 |
Notes | 189 |
Dream Interpretation | 73 |
Altered States of Consciousness | 82 |
Visions and Prophesies | 92 |
Dreams as Wish Fulfillment | 103 |
Bibliography | 191 |
Index | 195 |