Dreams on Film: The Cinematic Struggle Between Art and Science

by Leslie Halpern

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786415967
• ISBN13: 9780786415960
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 209 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher