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From my own Circle of Magic, a scene begins: Randal dreamed, and knew that he was dreaming....
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Other unusual dream sequences: Alice in Wonderland is one long dream sequence.
One of the reasons that Wes Craven had a hard time selling Nightmare on Elm Street was that it started with a dream sequence (dream sequences in general were out of fashion at the time). As that movie progresses, the dream sequences become more frequent, and more seamlessly intertwined with the real-world action (particularly after the main character realizes what's going on and tries to keep from sleeping at all, then starts having hypnagogic hallucinations) until at the end the dream world and the waking world become one.
Really, A Nightmare on Elm Street (the first one) is a masterful use of dream sequences.
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Other unusual dream sequences: Alice in Wonderland is one long dream sequence.
One of the reasons that Wes Craven had a hard time selling Nightmare on Elm Street was that it started with a dream sequence (dream sequences in general were out of fashion at the time). As that movie progresses, the dream sequences become more frequent, and more seamlessly intertwined with the real-world action (particularly after the main character realizes what's going on and tries to keep from sleeping at all, then starts having hypnagogic hallucinations) until at the end the dream world and the waking world become one.
Really, A Nightmare on Elm Street (the first one) is a masterful use of dream sequences.