Comments on: The Contamination of Reality by Dreams . . . http://mrquale.com/2008/05/21/the-contamination-of-reality-by-dreams/ a resource for students and teachers Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:22:38 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Plays in Plays (What happens when fiction lives in fiction?) | MrQuale.com http://mrquale.com/2008/05/21/the-contamination-of-reality-by-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-18810 Plays in Plays (What happens when fiction lives in fiction?) | MrQuale.com Mon, 02 May 2011 13:31:29 +0000 http://mrquale.com/2008/05/21/the-contamination-of-reality-by-dreams/#comment-18810 [...] Borges to Cervantes to Shakespeare to Velazquez, many artists have produced works that center around the [...] [...] Borges to Cervantes to Shakespeare to Velazquez, many artists have produced works that center around the [...]

]]> By: Jillian http://mrquale.com/2008/05/21/the-contamination-of-reality-by-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-934 Jillian Wed, 28 May 2008 05:48:22 +0000 http://mrquale.com/2008/05/21/the-contamination-of-reality-by-dreams/#comment-934 Yeah Donnie Darko would be a great conclusion to Catcher and a great intro to S-5 because of the whole teen angst thing and then the time thing. WHEN DOES THE FALL COME OUT? Gah, I've been looking everywhere to try and find it, and I've obtained conflicting stuff. Is it at the Tower? Yeah Donnie Darko would be a great conclusion to Catcher and a great intro to S-5 because of the whole teen angst thing and then the time thing.

WHEN DOES THE FALL COME OUT? Gah, I’ve been looking everywhere to try and find it, and I’ve obtained conflicting stuff. Is it at the Tower?

]]> By: Mr. Quale http://mrquale.com/2008/05/21/the-contamination-of-reality-by-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-933 Mr. Quale Wed, 28 May 2008 05:01:43 +0000 http://mrquale.com/2008/05/21/the-contamination-of-reality-by-dreams/#comment-933 <p>I enjoyed the Fountain a lot, but I gave Aronofsky the benefit of the doubt, since his original concepts had to be toned a lot down due to huge financing problems and having his two main actors back out of the project, one of which was Brad Pitt. I think the other was Cate Blanchett. But I agree with Kamran--it doesn't get any better than Requiem (Megan recently wrote a good review on the book http://dimsummelon.vox.com/library/post/requiem-for-a-dream.html). More people need to see Donnie Darko. It flew a bit under the radar, although if we did not have rated R restrictions, I would add this film to my curriculum in a heartbeat as a bridge between Catcher and Slaughterhouse-Five--much like Jandek was intended to be a bridge between Eliot and Plath. Think about it . . .</p> I enjoyed the Fountain a lot, but I gave Aronofsky the benefit of the doubt, since his original concepts had to be toned a lot down due to huge financing problems and having his two main actors back out of the project, one of which was Brad Pitt. I think the other was Cate Blanchett. But I agree with Kamran–it doesn’t get any better than Requiem (Megan recently wrote a good review on the book http://dimsummelon.vox.com/library/post/requiem-for-a-dream.html). More people need to see Donnie Darko. It flew a bit under the radar, although if we did not have rated R restrictions, I would add this film to my curriculum in a heartbeat as a bridge between Catcher and Slaughterhouse-Five–much like Jandek was intended to be a bridge between Eliot and Plath. Think about it . . .

]]> By: Jillian http://mrquale.com/2008/05/21/the-contamination-of-reality-by-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-926 Jillian Mon, 26 May 2008 01:35:32 +0000 http://mrquale.com/2008/05/21/the-contamination-of-reality-by-dreams/#comment-926 The Fountain was sooooo weird. Too weird. Donnie Darko is a classic. But also really weird. Another movie that's pretty good is What Dreams May Come. It sort of plays with self-perception and what not. Is The Fall out in theaters/on DVD? It looks really good. The Fountain was sooooo weird. Too weird.
Donnie Darko is a classic. But also really weird.
Another movie that’s pretty good is What Dreams May Come. It sort of plays with self-perception and what not.

Is The Fall out in theaters/on DVD? It looks really good.

]]> By: Kamran http://mrquale.com/2008/05/21/the-contamination-of-reality-by-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-894 Kamran Sat, 24 May 2008 04:52:06 +0000 http://mrquale.com/2008/05/21/the-contamination-of-reality-by-dreams/#comment-894 I really like what he says in that article: “It had to be made by somebody at a mad junction in his life.” That sounds promising...but as far as special effects go, I remember reading something about how Darren Aronofsky tried to use as few as possible; the process behind making a lot of those sequences was interesting to look into though. This whole contamination of reality by dreams idea actually reminds me of a Japanese animated movie called Paprika which takes that concept very literally. The background of the story involves scientists creating a device that allows psychologists to "enter" their patient's dreams to assist in counseling them, but the device is stolen and eventually used for borderline terrorism. At that point, dreams literally begin to enter reality and vice versa, all illustrated with a lot of very visually intense sequences. It was a great (albeit fairly confusing) movie but its worth seeing simply for that really vivid animation... I really like what he says in that article: “It had to be made by somebody at a mad junction in his life.” That sounds promising…but as far as special effects go, I remember reading something about how Darren Aronofsky tried to use as few as possible; the process behind making a lot of those sequences was interesting to look into though.

This whole contamination of reality by dreams idea actually reminds me of a Japanese animated movie called Paprika which takes that concept very literally. The background of the story involves scientists creating a device that allows psychologists to “enter” their patient’s dreams to assist in counseling them, but the device is stolen and eventually used for borderline terrorism. At that point, dreams literally begin to enter reality and vice versa, all illustrated with a lot of very visually intense sequences. It was a great (albeit fairly confusing) movie but its worth seeing simply for that really vivid animation…

]]> By: Mr. Quale http://mrquale.com/2008/05/21/the-contamination-of-reality-by-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-893 Mr. Quale Fri, 23 May 2008 03:39:31 +0000 http://mrquale.com/2008/05/21/the-contamination-of-reality-by-dreams/#comment-893 "Special Effects from Real World": http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/movies/11kehr.html?ex=1368676800&en=7151bdcb3f8e09cb&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink “Special Effects from Real World”:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/movies/11kehr.html?ex=1368676800&en=7151bdcb3f8e09cb&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

]]> By: Kamran http://mrquale.com/2008/05/21/the-contamination-of-reality-by-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-890 Kamran Thu, 22 May 2008 04:05:39 +0000 http://mrquale.com/2008/05/21/the-contamination-of-reality-by-dreams/#comment-890 It's funny, we were talking about this in class and I thought to myself, "I wonder if he's heard of The Fall," and there it is...The Fountain was decent though, I didn't think it was as good as Requiem but it kept me interested. It’s funny, we were talking about this in class and I thought to myself, “I wonder if he’s heard of The Fall,” and there it is…The Fountain was decent though, I didn’t think it was as good as Requiem but it kept me interested.

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