Oneiric (film theory)
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Filmmakers noted for their use of oneiric or dreamlike elements in their films include Luis Buñuel, Wojciech Has, Andrei Tarkovsky, Lars von Trier, Krzysztof Kieslowski (e.g., The Double Life of Véronique from 1991) and David Lynch (e.g., Mulholland Drive). Film genres or styles noted for their use of oneiric elements include 1940s and 1950s film noir and surrealist films; moreover, oneiric elements have also been noted in musicals, thriller and horror films and in comic films such as Marx Brothers movies. The French surrealist playwright and director Antonin Artaud argued that the American burlesque genre, with its bizarre, lush costumes, and its mixture of dancing girls, comedians, mime artists and striptease artists, has oneiric qualities.