Tasteofcinema's list description: The best quote in the severely underrated "The Limits of Control" by Jim Jarmusch is from Tilda Swinton's character, when she says: "The best films are like dreams you're never quite sure you've had." The dreamlike qualities of cinema have been an argument for discussion since the inception of the medium; the very first filmmakers were magicians, illusionists, and the medium arguably replaced magic spectacles in the collective imagination.
The use of dream sequences in films, sparked from the instinct to explore the cinematic matter and its infinite possibilities and in pushing the boundaries of color, editing, and art direction, was a natural consequence of the malleable and mystical nature of the medium.
Some dream sequences were approached with daring camerawork, as the gaze was free from the constriction of narrative, and some dream sequences are so sparse in nature that they blend seamlessly with the reality of the story, as in a meditation.
