The Dream Sequence From The Big Lebowski - 1432 Words

The Gutterballs dream sequence from The Big Lebowski incorporates images that stem from experiences earlier in the movie: each image is a memory from The Dude s real life. The dream strips the dream-thoughts of their high intensity and transfers them to these images that, due to overdetermination, have intensity values higher than what they originally were: a transference and displacement of physical intensities occurs†¦ and it is as a result that the difference between the text of the dream-content and that of the dream-thoughts comes about (Freud 820). The dream, through the process of condensation, compresses all meaning from the unconscious mind into the images shown (Freud 819) and links them together in an attempt to convey the dream-wish that lies at the centre of the dream-thoughts. By unravelling the dream-thoughts, the viewer is able to recognize that Maude represents women in Gutterballs and The Dude s desire for comfortableness with the reality of female genitalia, b ut remains inaccessible due the fear of castration that comes with the confrontation of a woman s lack of a phallus. Thus, The Dude requires the fetishizing of bowling in order to access Maude and her symbolic meaning. The manifest content of the dream, the physical images of the dream, are highly overdetermined from an original source: multiple determination must be of importance in choosing what particular elements shall enter a dream (Freud 820). Each image seen in the dream can be tracedShow MoreRelatedThe Big Lebowski3723 Words   |  15 PagesMike Preston Lisa Hemminger Art is Film 26 February 2010 â€Å"All the Dude ever wanted was his rug back† To the casual viewer The Big Lebowski, a 1998 film written by film maker brothers Ethan and Joel Coen and directed by Joel, would appear to be a comedy rip off of the 1940’s Los Angeles detective film The Big Sleep by Howard Hawks. It features a hippie dropout from the seventies named â€Å"the Dude† (Jeff Bridges) who gets caught up with his bowler buddies Walter (John Goodman) and Donny (Steve Buscemi)