Takashi Miike Nightmares

I've seen several films by Takashi Miike lately. Basically, really messed up movies with bizarre violence and truly disturbing characters! I saw Ichi the Killer before I went to bed last night and I was plagued by nightmares. I tend to wake up a lot during the night, but often after I fall asleep again I go right back into my dream or a very similar dream world. Last night I dreamed that my life had been turned into a Miike film. It's true that, just like in my real every day life, I was mostly on the sidelines watching the disturbing things happen, but it was still "my life" and it was still totally upsetting! My heart was pounding after I woke. Eventually in my last dream before I got up, I was no longer living in a "real" Miike-type universe, and instead Miike was there with his creative team, reminiscing about the movies they made and Ichi the Killer's placement among the other movies. I somehow worked for Miike and the others (cinematographer, etc.); the world around us was very fake looking and set-like. I had helped paint some of it and someone was criticizing me for making overly oval (instead of round) designs on the "sky." I guess that helped transition me a bit back to waking life, but I was very shaken up for several hours, very depressed and out of sorts.

I felt better after watching Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. With movies like that, everything just seems to be "okay." It's my brother's copy that he left behind.