Design for Dreaming

1956
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Released: 31 March 1956 Released
Producted By: MPO Productions
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Official Website: https://history.gmheritagecenter.com/wiki/index.php/1956_Motorama:_Design_for_Dreaming
Synopsis

Over-the-top 1950s “Populuxe” advertisement for General Motors. A woman falls asleep and dreams of a glorious future of perfect products, including a variety of shiny futuristic dream cars and Frigidaire’s fully automated “Kitchen of the Future.” The film debuted at the 1956 General Motors "Motorama" event in New York City.

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Seamus2829 I just saw this weird assed film short recently on the Arts Channel (a free station offering short snippets of Classical & Jazz,along with film shorts,and excerpts of (some) classic films. This film short was directed by the legendary bad film director, William "one shot" Beaudine (aptly named for his penchant of using any take,no matter how good or bad it was), who directed such film classics as "The Bowery Boys Meet A Brooklyn Gorilla" & "The Ape Man". This film short reminded me of an uber surreal film I saw a few years back entitled "Dreams That Money Can Buy", about a dream agent that sets up various people with the kind of dreams one would probably experience after a midnight snack of fried clams & a chocolate malted. It would probably make for a perfect short film opening for such films as "W.R.:Mysteries Of The Organism", or even "Reefer Madness". I'm just wondering if this film short is available on DVD, or even the old school VHS format (I know that companies such as Video Wizard or Weirdo Video,that gets all sorts of whacked out film fare would probably have something like this available for mail order). A strange little item that's worth seeking out.
Lee Eisenberg ...was how Crow defined "Design for Dreaming" when he, Servo and Mike had to watch it. It portrays a happy-go-lucky woman living a fantasy in which a jolly man buys her any car that she wants, and a kitchen has all the appliances that a 1950s housewife could ask for. Very much a product of the 1950s.A previous reviewer called this short "I Dream of Jeannie" on LSD. I thought that it looked like the Broadway sequence in "Singin' in the Rain" on LSD. But either way, the movie is beyond pathetic, just the sort of schlock that Dr. Forrester would cruelly beam aboard the Satellite of Love to torture Mike, Servo and Crow.In conclusion, the movie itself is 0/10, but the "MST3K" is 10/10.
rowsdower45 One of my favorite MST3K shorts of all time! The music is bouncy and the color is colory and the gizmos and gadgets are really neat and the cars look cool...still, it was really goofy and MST3K struck gold with this one!7 stars!
icehole4 Why in the world does this film have a positive rating on it? As of this writing, the rating here is 7.9. ICK! This film, presented by GM in 1956 to showcase their new line of cars, has an EXTREME lack of reality in it. The plot goes like this: A woman wakes up with an invitation to a ball. She doesn't have anything to wear, so suddenly she's in a formal ballgown. Next she flies after the invitation to a hotel. There she's shown a bunch of cars, along with her in designer dresses. There's also a guy in a mask (who gave me Secret Agent Super Dragon flashbacks) who leads her through this dream. In the end, they enter a car together and take off on the highway of tomorrow. There's also a song going on in the background that's pretty annoying and the woman singing it can't really sing to well. Rightfully skewered on Mystery Science Theater 3000 for its bad special effects and lack of reality, this short should be avoided unless you're watching the MST3K version.