# Best Dream/Fantasy Sequence in a film? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 15, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dream-fantasy-sequence-in-a-film/717741 "2015-04-15T15:36:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dream-fantasy-sequence-in-a-film/717741/41 "2015-04-16T17:43:58Z")
I’m surprised this one hasn’t been mentioned – animator Bob Clampett’s _farewell_ to Warner Brothers and Bugs Bunny – **the Big Snooze** is one long extended Elmer Fudd dream sequence: A lot of places claim to have it, but I can’t get it to play. This one seems to work [http://www.trilulilu.ro/video-animatie/bugs-bunny-the-big-snooze](http://www.trilulilu.ro/video-animatie/bugs-bunny-the-big-snooze) It has what looks like a parody of the dream sequence from _Dumbo_ in it. > **[The Big Snooze](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Snooze)** > > The Big Snooze is a 1946 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon planned by Bob Clampett and was written by him, but was ultimately completed by Arthur Davis, both being uncredited as directors. Its title was inspired by the 1939 book The Big Sleep, and its 1946 film adaptation, also a Warner release. The Big Snooze features Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, voiced by Mel Blanc and Arthur Q. Bryan. > Bugs and Elmer are in the midst of their usual hunting-chasing scenario. After Bugs tricks Elmer into running... ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dream-fantasy-sequence-in-a-film/717741/42 "2015-04-16T17:59:39Z")
Fast Times at Ridgemont High. You know how cute Linda always thought Brad was… ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dream-fantasy-sequence-in-a-film/717741/43 "2015-04-16T20:37:10Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > Fast Times at Ridgemont High. You know how cute Linda always thought Brad was… Every time I hear “Moving in Stereo”…😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dream-fantasy-sequence-in-a-film/717741/44 "2015-04-16T20:44:44Z")
No mention of the bowling and scissors sequence from ‘The Big Lebowski’? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dream-fantasy-sequence-in-a-film/717741/45 "2015-04-16T21:14:18Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > It’s been years since I’ve seen this so I don’t remember it well. Are you making a joke or was it really all just a dream? Or maybe they meant _Vanilla Sky_? > [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > No mention of the bowling and scissors sequence from ‘The Big Lebowski’? You mean the one I mentioned in the OP? ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dream-fantasy-sequence-in-a-film/717741/46 "2015-04-16T21:53:49Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Old school: “ **Pink Elephants on Parade** ” from _Dumbo_. Because it’s weird and surreal and funny and catchy. > > (And if you like that, Winnie the Pooh has a similar one with “Heffalumps and Woozles”). [“Heffalumps and Woozles”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLnADKgurvc) was the first thing I thought of. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dream-fantasy-sequence-in-a-film/717741/47 "2015-04-17T11:49:16Z")
Some of the very first animated cartoons were suppose to be dreams. Winsor McKay, who (appartently unaware of parallel efforts elsewhere) independently came up with the entire mechanism of making animated cartoons, based his efforts on his own newspaper strips, two of which – _Little Nemo in Slumberland_ and _Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend_, were ostensibly dreams. His first effort, from 1911, features Nemo and two friends. Since they only appeared in dream sequences, the whole thing is arguably a dream (the film is _hand colored_!): [https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;\_ylt=A2KLqIMq8TBV93AA.AT7w8QF;\_ylu=X3oDMTBzZzJoNGtoBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDdmlkBHZ0aWQDBGdwb3MDMTY-?p=Winsor+mccay&vid=65f354c13073bca6dbe516da2b583226&l=2%3A08&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DWN.vcki9XT6eCS0JzgP2OtYCg%26pid%3D15.1&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DseOGEwx0NfQ&tit=little+nemo&c=15&sigr=11bbadln4&sigt=10bml8fgv&sigi=11vbvvbgu&age=1145711398&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Av&fr=yfp-t-252&tt=b](https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A2KLqIMq8TBV93AA.AT7w8QF;_ylu=X3oDMTBzZzJoNGtoBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDdmlkBHZ0aWQDBGdwb3MDMTY-?p=Winsor+mccay&vid=65f354c13073bca6dbe516da2b583226&l=2%3A08&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DWN.vcki9XT6eCS0JzgP2OtYCg%26pid%3D15.1&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DseOGEwx0NfQ&tit=little+nemo&c=15&sigr=11bbadln4&sigt=10bml8fgv&sigi=11vbvvbgu&age=1145711398&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Av&fr=yfp-t-252&tt=b) [https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;\_ylt=A2KLqIMq8TBV93AA6wT7w8QF;\_ylu=X3oDMTByN2RnbHFoBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDdmlkBHZ0aWQDBGdwb3MDMw--?p=Winsor+mccay&vid=1a57e5afdd5edcc730a47568d5e3a47d&l=10%3A38&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DWN.OIlt0wG%252bf0lrda%252f0jevX9g%26pid%3D15.1&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DK8qow7jTyoM&tit=Little+Nemo+(1911)+Winsor+McCay&c=2&sigr=11bagde02&sigt=10va4s6ap&sigi=123taa4on&age=1350327583&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Av&fr=yfp-t-252&tt=b](https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A2KLqIMq8TBV93AA6wT7w8QF;_ylu=X3oDMTByN2RnbHFoBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDdmlkBHZ0aWQDBGdwb3MDMw--?p=Winsor+mccay&vid=1a57e5afdd5edcc730a47568d5e3a47d&l=10%3A38&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DWN.OIlt0wG%252bf0lrda%252f0jevX9g%26pid%3D15.1&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DK8qow7jTyoM&tit=Little+Nemo+%281911%29+Winsor+McCay&c=2&sigr=11bagde02&sigt=10va4s6ap&sigi=123taa4on&age=1350327583&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Av&fr=yfp-t-252&tt=b) He himself made a couple of Rarebit Fiend dreams, _The Giant Pet_ (which seems to be the first case of a Giant Creature Invading a City ever put on ffilm, predating _The Lost World_ by at least five years and _King Kong_ by 13. It even features an attach by biplanes! [https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;\_ylt=A2KLqIMq8TBV93AA\_gT7w8QF;\_ylu=X3oDMTBzM2wzMzdjBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDdmlkBHZ0aWQDBGdwb3MDMjI-?p=Winsor+mccay&vid=9b388256012038cfcde6de1d54bb3a5a&l=11%3A48&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DWN.zGcz%252bRYXUblMf6YvrTs28g%26pid%3D15.1&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Ds39jimMyAFI&tit=Winsor+McCay%26%2339%3Bs+Dreams+of+the+Rarebit+Fiend%3A+THE+PET+(1921)&c=21&sigr=11bldrpsa&sigt=11ugb9qsa&sigi=1214ipcd7&age=1307639663&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Av&fr=yfp-t-252&tt=b](https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A2KLqIMq8TBV93AA_gT7w8QF;_ylu=X3oDMTBzM2wzMzdjBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDdmlkBHZ0aWQDBGdwb3MDMjI-?p=Winsor+mccay&vid=9b388256012038cfcde6de1d54bb3a5a&l=11%3A48&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DWN.zGcz%252bRYXUblMf6YvrTs28g%26pid%3D15.1&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Ds39jimMyAFI&tit=Winsor+McCay%26%2339%3Bs+Dreams+of+the+Rarebit+Fiend%3A+THE+PET+%281921%29&c=21&sigr=11bldrpsa&sigt=11ugb9qsa&sigi=1214ipcd7&age=1307639663&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Av&fr=yfp-t-252&tt=b) _The Flying House_ has a guy, threatened with his mortgage all coming due at once, fitting his house with a propeller and flying it off into space. I suspect (because of this, and other cartoons), that the folks at PIXAR watched a lot of McKay’s work, and stole this bit for their film **Up**. [https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;\_ylt=A2KLqIX18jBV4UAASdb7w8QF;\_ylu=X3oDMTByZ2N0cmxpBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDdmlkBHZ0aWQDBGdwb3MDMg--?p=Winsor+mccay+The+Flying+House&vid=d9d5c674e208e8d1f0c676dc9f6ef619&l=6%3A19&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DWN.%252b%252fxkUxKZHdLuiBCEB4hAcg%26pid%3D15.1&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D8sd9mHWCtLw&tit=Winsor+McCay%3A+Dream+of+the+Rarebit+Fiend+-+The+Flying+House+(1921)&c=1&sigr=11b8c1lvl&sigt=122094ov4&sigi=123gm898a&age=1379750574&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Av&fr=yfp-t-252&tt=b](https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A2KLqIX18jBV4UAASdb7w8QF;_ylu=X3oDMTByZ2N0cmxpBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDdmlkBHZ0aWQDBGdwb3MDMg--?p=Winsor+mccay+The+Flying+House&vid=d9d5c674e208e8d1f0c676dc9f6ef619&l=6%3A19&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DWN.%252b%252fxkUxKZHdLuiBCEB4hAcg%26pid%3D15.1&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D8sd9mHWCtLw&tit=Winsor+McCay%3A+Dream+of+the+Rarebit+Fiend+-+The+Flying+House+%281921%29&c=1&sigr=11b8c1lvl&sigt=122094ov4&sigi=123gm898a&age=1379750574&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Av&fr=yfp-t-252&tt=b) There’s at least one silent short _Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend_ that was done as a live action film, not a cartoon. I don’t know if McKay had anything to do with it directly. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dream-fantasy-sequence-in-a-film/717741/48 "2015-04-17T14:26:22Z")
[Bigfoot is my Daddy!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3L-_sOSB-o) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dream-fantasy-sequence-in-a-film/717741/49 "2015-04-17T14:52:55Z")
Every scene with both John and Abigail in **1776**. My favorite **Gilligan’s Island** dream sequences were when Gilligan was Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde, and when he was Dracula. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dream-fantasy-sequence-in-a-film/717741.md?page=2)