Spellbound (1945)
Dream a little Dream: Troubled psychiatrist Dr Edwardes (Gregory Peck) dreams of big eyes, bloody great scissors, posh gambling dens, broken wheels, rooftops and vertiginous tumbles.
Dr TF says... It’s meta-textual. “I’m haunted,” says Edwardes, “but I can’t see by what.” No, because producer David O Selznick snipped Hitchcock’s Dali-dream budget!
And the wheel? Maybe Selznick cut taxi costs too and made Peck cycle to work.
Dr Andrew says... This dream demonstrates how Dr Edwardes’ mind is processing traumatic events.
The sequence contains individual representations of repressed memories, and has a strong theme of the world as a frightening and dangerous place.
The symbolic elements allow Dr Edwardes’ detachment from any painful thoughts and prevent him from becoming emotionally overwhelmed.
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scarter2000
Jun 6th 2009, 0:15
And, the dream shows that Deckard is a replicant, as Gaff leaves an origami unicorn with him at the end of the movie, which shows they know about the dream, which proves it is an implant :D
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AYBGerrardo
Jun 6th 2009, 22:10
Aww man what about Watchmen! That's a great one for psychology!
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IGPNicki
Aug 18th 2009, 6:11
What? No Brazil? He fights the Samuarai... or Sam-you-are-i, because he's basically fighting himself, he's a part of the system he's fighting. http://www.igp-scifi.com
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