Film & Art Archives | Kelly Bulkeley https://bulkeley.org/research/film-art/ Dream Research & Education Thu, 26 Jun 2025 16:42:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://bulkeley.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/kb-100x100.png Film & Art Archives | Kelly Bulkeley https://bulkeley.org/research/film-art/ 32 32 2025 Dream Animation Film Festival 3 https://bulkeley.org/2025-dream-animation-film-festival-3/ https://bulkeley.org/2025-dream-animation-film-festival-3/#respond Thu, 26 Jun 2025 16:42:22 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4666 The winner of this year’s “Audience Choice” award went to Daniel Rabanea for “Bends.” Daniel described the dream that inspired his film as follows: “I was alone on the beach. At first everything seemed calm until the sea started to look strange. A wave formed and grew bigger and bigger. My fear grew along with …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/2025-dream-animation-film-festival-3/feed/ 0 2025 Dream Animation Film Festival 2 https://bulkeley.org/2025-dream-animation-film-festival-2/ https://bulkeley.org/2025-dream-animation-film-festival-2/#respond Sat, 21 Jun 2025 20:30:41 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4664 The prize for this year’s Best Animation Style went to Daniele Grosso for “The Bird Insect Tornado.” Here is Daniele’s description of the dream that inspired the film: “I am at a picnic on the bank of a river with some friends. I notice a flock of pinkish colored bird insects flying around a tree. …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/2025-dream-animation-film-festival-2/feed/ 0 2025 Dream Animation Film Festival 1 https://bulkeley.org/2025-dream-animation-film-festival-1/ https://bulkeley.org/2025-dream-animation-film-festival-1/#comments Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:26:24 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4661 The prize for this year’s “Best Animation Narrative” went to Jessie Rodriguez for “Dreams – A Memory of Ghosts.”   This is how Jessie describes her work, which all the judges of the festival agreed is an outstanding piece of dream creativity: “My new animation, ‘Dreams: a Memory of Ghosts,’ explores how I seem to …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/2025-dream-animation-film-festival-1/feed/ 1 David Lynch, Epic Dreamer: In Memoriam https://bulkeley.org/david-lynch-epic-dreamer-in-memoriam/ https://bulkeley.org/david-lynch-epic-dreamer-in-memoriam/#respond Sat, 18 Jan 2025 23:30:01 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4611   “Dreamy” is one of the adjectives most often used to describe the cinematic art of David Lynch, and justifiably so. Below are two journal articles I have written about his works in which I explore and celebrate his aesthetic dreaminess, especially in the films Mulholland Drive, Lost Highway, Blue Velvet, and the television series …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/david-lynch-epic-dreamer-in-memoriam/feed/ 0 Shakespeare’s Enduring Impact on Psychology https://bulkeley.org/shakespeares-enduring-impact-on-psychology/ https://bulkeley.org/shakespeares-enduring-impact-on-psychology/#respond Fri, 14 Jul 2023 20:21:05 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4500 The 23rd of April is the traditional day for celebrating English playwright William Shakespeare’s birth in 1564. April 23 also happens to be the date on which he died in 1616, at the age of 52. A special reason to reflect on his legacy this year is the 400th anniversary of the publication in 1623 …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/shakespeares-enduring-impact-on-psychology/feed/ 0 A Panel Discussion of Dreams and OSF’s “Alice in Wonderland” https://bulkeley.org/a-panel-discussion-of-dreams-and-osfs-alice-in-wonderland/ https://bulkeley.org/a-panel-discussion-of-dreams-and-osfs-alice-in-wonderland/#respond Mon, 17 Jun 2019 23:22:11 +0000 http://bulkeley.org/?p=3852 Before going to bed each night after a long day of rehearsals, the director of “Alice in Wonderland” wrote a letter, sealed it, and put it under her pillow. The letter was addressed to her theatrical hero, Eva Le Gallienne (1899-1991), a revolutionary figure on the American stage whose adaptation of the Alice stories was …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/a-panel-discussion-of-dreams-and-osfs-alice-in-wonderland/feed/ 0 Dreaming and the OA: “Listen to the Dreamers” https://bulkeley.org/dreaming-and-the-oa-listen-to-the-dreamers/ https://bulkeley.org/dreaming-and-the-oa-listen-to-the-dreamers/#respond Thu, 13 Jun 2019 00:19:24 +0000 http://bulkeley.org/?p=3847 I want the OA to be real. I think maybe it actually is real. A TV show of rare psychological insight and spiritual audacity (some have called it “bananas” and “bat-shit crazy,” but we’ll get to that), “The OA” reflects the brilliant creative collaboration of co-writers Brit Marling, who plays the eponymous lead character, and …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/dreaming-and-the-oa-listen-to-the-dreamers/feed/ 0 The Art of Interpreting Dreams https://bulkeley.org/the-art-of-interpreting-dreams/ https://bulkeley.org/the-art-of-interpreting-dreams/#respond Tue, 12 Mar 2019 02:06:45 +0000 http://bulkeley.org/?p=3800   If you woke up one morning with a vivid dream in mind, who could help you understand it? Do you know anyone who specializes in dream interpretation? In earlier times you could bring your dream to a local shaman, sage, or priest. During the 20th century you could consult with a psychoanalyst or some …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/the-art-of-interpreting-dreams/feed/ 0 New Dream Research in 2019 https://bulkeley.org/new-dream-research-in-2019/ https://bulkeley.org/new-dream-research-in-2019/#respond Thu, 13 Dec 2018 23:51:16 +0000 http://bulkeley.org/?p=3751 Dreaming, play, theater, science, religion, social and political crisis. Jung, Freud, Shakespeare, a troupe of immigrant artists, Alice in Wonderland, Lucrecia de Leon, the US President. These are the topics and the people I will be discussing most frequently in a series of presentations lining up for 2019.  Each presentation will speak directly to the interests of a …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/new-dream-research-in-2019/feed/ 0 Dreams and Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet https://bulkeley.org/dreams-and-shakespeare-romeo-and-juliet/ https://bulkeley.org/dreams-and-shakespeare-romeo-and-juliet/#respond Fri, 10 Aug 2018 20:54:21 +0000 http://bulkeley.org/?p=3692 Uncanny dreams and deathly sleep haunt the most famous lovers in literary history. The woeful story of Juliet and her Romeo has several ominous references to beds, sleep, and dreams.  These nocturnal elements reflect the tension between the passionate yearnings of the young lovers and the tragic fate that awaits them.  As Friar Laurence vainly …

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