While technically this is not one of the best films I've ever seen, it is among the most creative--WILDLY creative. For those of you who are looking for something different, this film is for you.
This Czechoslovakian film begins with a middle-aged married couple who are both scientist-types. He teaches at the university and she is a scientist doing some crazy work. It seems she has a machine that displays dreams as if on TV. The first one they show is hilarious--it's a cow dreaming. Now here is where it gets even weirder. The cow is having a bad dream about being bitten by flies. And, when she injects it with her serum, it dreams it's lying in a hammock and being serenaded by classical ensemble! Clearly she's hit on something amazing.
A bit later, she notices that her husband is having some sort of bad dream and so she hooks him up to the monitor and then injects him with the serum. However, there is a completely unforeseen side effect--the bad dream is brought out into the real world! His dream was about a pulp heroine named Jessie who is pursued by an evil cowboy and a guy dressed a bit like Superman!! And guess who NOW is in the real world?! To see exactly what happens next, watch the film. I could say more, but frankly you just need to see this for yourself.
Wildly creative, very funny and clever...this film is well worth seeing and should be more famous. Perhaps if it had been made in the US it would be. See this film.
This Czechoslovakian film begins with a middle-aged married couple who are both scientist-types. He teaches at the university and she is a scientist doing some crazy work. It seems she has a machine that displays dreams as if on TV. The first one they show is hilarious--it's a cow dreaming. Now here is where it gets even weirder. The cow is having a bad dream about being bitten by flies. And, when she injects it with her serum, it dreams it's lying in a hammock and being serenaded by classical ensemble! Clearly she's hit on something amazing.
A bit later, she notices that her husband is having some sort of bad dream and so she hooks him up to the monitor and then injects him with the serum. However, there is a completely unforeseen side effect--the bad dream is brought out into the real world! His dream was about a pulp heroine named Jessie who is pursued by an evil cowboy and a guy dressed a bit like Superman!! And guess who NOW is in the real world?! To see exactly what happens next, watch the film. I could say more, but frankly you just need to see this for yourself.
Wildly creative, very funny and clever...this film is well worth seeing and should be more famous. Perhaps if it had been made in the US it would be. See this film.