# Are there any dream sequences in films and television that don't suck? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 21, 2010, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dream-sequences-in-films-and-television-that-dont-suck/561408 "2010-11-21T04:08:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dream-sequences-in-films-and-television-that-dont-suck/561408/21 "2010-11-21T14:37:05Z")
It’s a daydream, and you know it when it starts, but the big finale of _An American in Paris_. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dream-sequences-in-films-and-television-that-dont-suck/561408/22 "2010-11-21T17:20:42Z")
The making of the dream scene in Living With Oblivion had a great rant from Tito (Peter Dinklage) when Steve Buscemi’s character had him playing a dwarf in a dream: > [@](#): > > Have _you_ ever had a dream with a dwarf in it? Do you know _anyone_ who’s had a dream with a dwarf in it? No! _I_ don’t even have dreams with dwarves in them. The only place I’ve seen dwarves in dreams is in stupid movies like this! “Oh, make it weird, put a dwarf in it! Everyone will go ‘Woah, this must be a fuckin’ dream, there’s a fuckin’ dwarf in it!'”. Well I’m sick of it! You can take this dream sequence and stick it up your ass! Weird dream sequences always make me think of that. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dream-sequences-in-films-and-television-that-dont-suck/561408/23 "2010-11-21T17:40:04Z")
Hey, that’s just what I came in to post about. (BTW, Living in Oblivion is a great movie all around - I highly recommend it.) Here’s the [video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4je71Tz_9IE)of that scene. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dream-sequences-in-films-and-television-that-dont-suck/561408/24 "2010-11-21T17:42:02Z")
The tricky thing with dream sequences is that, when you’re actually dreaming, all sorts of weird things are going on… But at the same time, while those weird things are going on, your brain is still telling you that it’s all perfectly normal. Without some sort of direct neural interface, this is impossible to depict in art, but at the same time, it’s right at the very essence of dreaming. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dream-sequences-in-films-and-television-that-dont-suck/561408/25 "2010-11-21T18:05:04Z")
The “Dreams” episode of M_A_S\*H ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dream-sequences-in-films-and-television-that-dont-suck/561408/26 "2010-11-21T18:23:44Z")
I found the dream sequences in Inception well done. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dream-sequences-in-films-and-television-that-dont-suck/561408/27 "2010-11-21T18:49:41Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > ALICE IN WONDERLAND, as I recall, had some sort of dream that didn’t suck. Which one? There have been over a dozen movies by that name. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dream-sequences-in-films-and-television-that-dont-suck/561408/28 "2010-11-21T18:57:50Z")
“Far Beyond the Stars” in Deep Space Nine was a good one. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dream-sequences-in-films-and-television-that-dont-suck/561408/29 "2010-11-21T19:03:57Z")
Al Bundy’s Christmas Carol dream starring Sam Kinison ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dream-sequences-in-films-and-television-that-dont-suck/561408/30 "2010-11-21T19:51:36Z")
When Gilligan dreams he climbs the beanstalk to get the Goose that Lays the Golden Eggs was _wahsome_. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dream-sequences-in-films-and-television-that-dont-suck/561408/31 "2010-11-21T21:09:10Z")
Golden Girls had an episode in which Blanche’s dead husband reappeared, claiming he’d had to fake his death years before and begged her forgiveness, and in the subplot Dorothy was being pursued romantically by Lyle Waggoner and Sonny Bono. The fact that it all turned out to be Blanche’s dream was what made the episode NOT suck, and was actually a bit poignant instead. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dream-sequences-in-films-and-television-that-dont-suck/561408/32 "2010-11-22T00:13:51Z")
The only dream sequence that does not make me sigh in resignation is the walnuts episode from The Dick Van Dyke Show. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dream-sequences-in-films-and-television-that-dont-suck/561408/33 "2010-11-22T00:39:04Z")
_Dick Van Dyke_ had some decent ones, the one with the Walnuts, the one where Rob thought he was losig his hair (that was a dream in a dream), the one where Rob thought Laura was turning him into a puppet and the one of the last episodes where Rob went under at the dentist and dreamt he was in the old West ---
**Author:** ![wheresmymind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@wheresmymind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheresmymind)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dream-sequences-in-films-and-television-that-dont-suck/561408/34 "2010-11-22T01:05:10Z")
Um, spoiler alert? The first two hours of Mulholland Drive. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dream-sequences-in-films-and-television-that-dont-suck/561408/35 "2010-11-22T01:20:13Z")
> [@Moonchild](#): > > When Gilligan dreams he climbs the beanstalk to get the Goose that Lays the Golden Eggs was _wahsome_. All the Gilligan dreams were great. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dream-sequences-in-films-and-television-that-dont-suck/561408/36 "2010-11-22T01:38:33Z")
The Wizard of Oz. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dream-sequences-in-films-and-television-that-dont-suck/561408/37 "2010-11-22T01:46:21Z")
I generally hate dream sequences in movies/tv and also dreams in novels. But there was a cute dream sequence in an episode of _Frasier_. In fact, it was called “The Impossible Dream.” Frasier had a recurring dream and in one iteration he was in bed with Gil Chesterton from the station. But the best part was when he was in bed with Freud himself. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dream-sequences-in-films-and-television-that-dont-suck/561408/38 "2010-11-22T09:54:13Z")
Yep! Big Lebowski, Twin Peaks and the dance sequence from Moonlighting to “Big Man on Mulberry Street.” ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dream-sequences-in-films-and-television-that-dont-suck/561408/39 "2010-11-22T12:18:19Z")
Robert Altman made (at least) two movies that, while not having discrete dream ‘sequences’, were essentially dreams throughout. Phrased differently, both movies seemed liked dreams. If you can ever pick them up, go for it! They are both amazing flicks - what movies and film-making are about (IMNSHO). [3 Women](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075612/) [Images](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068732/) ---
**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dream-sequences-in-films-and-television-that-dont-suck/561408/40 "2010-11-22T15:05:40Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > I think you mean “Primeval”. Fetish clothed Willow and Tara, Pillow Book homage, Miss Kitty Fantastico, Xander’s extended set piece tour, human Adam, stage fright, “man… a sales man”, multiple cameos, the Cheese man, and Faith & Dawn foreshadowing. I think you both mean [Restless.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restless_%28Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer%29) 🙂 I agree, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything that captures the feeling of dreaming (randomness, sudden “scene switches,” and seemingly-logical events/ situations that make no sense once you wake up) as well as this episode. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dream-sequences-in-films-and-television-that-dont-suck/561408.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dream-sequences-in-films-and-television-that-dont-suck/561408.md?page=3)