A fever dream movie feels like a memory of a dream. Fever dream movie visuals are typically vibrant and surreal, sharply distinct from every day life.
Also, for me, being somewhat obscure is a defining characteristic of a fever dream movie.
For example, all of the following movies have fever dream like visuals:
* Time Bandits
* Naked Lunch
* Dark City
* Jacob's Ladder
* Little Trouble In Big China
* Requiem for a Dream
* Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas
* Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
* Freaks
* Beetlejuice
* Brazil
However, all of those movies are sufficiently well known that there's no question that they exist.
Whereas a fever dream movie is sufficiently obscure that you question its existence. A fever dream move makes you ask the question:
"Was that I movie I saw? Or a dream I had?"
Here are some of my favorite fever dream movies:
* Nothing But Trouble
* Nightbreed
* Return to Oz
* Mirrormask
* Adventures of Mark Twain
* The Fountain
* Existenz
* Mad God
* Wizards
* City of Lost Children
* Gentlemen Broncos
* Paprika
What are your favorite fever dream movies?
Also, for me, being somewhat obscure is a defining characteristic of a fever dream movie.
For example, all of the following movies have fever dream like visuals:
* Time Bandits
* Naked Lunch
* Dark City
* Jacob's Ladder
* Little Trouble In Big China
* Requiem for a Dream
* Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas
* Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
* Freaks
* Beetlejuice
* Brazil
However, all of those movies are sufficiently well known that there's no question that they exist.
Whereas a fever dream movie is sufficiently obscure that you question its existence. A fever dream move makes you ask the question:
"Was that I movie I saw? Or a dream I had?"
Here are some of my favorite fever dream movies:
* Nothing But Trouble
* Nightbreed
* Return to Oz
* Mirrormask
* Adventures of Mark Twain
* The Fountain
* Existenz
* Mad God
* Wizards
* City of Lost Children
* Gentlemen Broncos
* Paprika
What are your favorite fever dream movies?