Living in Oblivion (1995), directed by Tom Di Cillo and starring Steve Buscemi as an independent filmmaker trying to get his troubled feature finished, has a complex dream structure that rivals those in some of Bunuel's better known titles. Dreams also figure prominently in many Hollywood theatrical cartoon shorts. For a discussion of a very specific use of dreams in animated films, may I recommend my own article, "The Reforming Fantasy: Recurrent Theme and Structure in American Studio Cartoons," in The Velvet Light Trap, no. 24 (Fall 1989), pp. 53-66. --Richard J. Leskosky -- ===================================================== Richard J. Leskosky Office phone: (217) 244-2704 Assistant Director FAX: (217) 244-4019 Unit for Cinema Studies <http://www.uiuc.edu/unit/cinema> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 3035 Foreign Languages Building 707 S. Mathews Avenue Urbana, Illinois 61801 ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html