Design for Dreaming
Design for Dreaming
| 31 March 1956 (USA)
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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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Actuakers One of my all time favorites.
Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
Melanie Bouvet The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.
Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
Jordan_Haelend I really like this one! When you consider when it was made, particularly the general attitudes concerning cars and what many people thought *T*H*E* *F*U*T*U*R*E* would bring thanks largely to technology, it makes sense- but you have to consider these things. Elevated highways, self-steering cars, and the automated kitchen were all predicted for the future, usually centering around the year 2000.The music and dance numbers seem corny today, but I'm sure they were for the most part considered Avant-Garde for the time. I'll say this, the choreography is excellent.The short is colorful and well-photographed, and the cars certainly are (or were) fascinating. There's also no lag time, the whole production moves along quickly but without the feeling of having been rushed.Okay, it's a sales Ad. But it's an entertaining one, with or without MST3K.
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!
Mitora-san I remember seeing "Design for Dreaming" on an episode of MST3K, and it instantly reminded me of American Sitcom "I Dream of Jeannie", if the staff were using LSD.The plot has to do with a dancer in a fantasy world whom is invited to a ball by a masked man, and sees every dream car she wants. Plus, watch for the instant light stoves, magical costume changing and cakes that comes out of the oven, with candles and everything!Design for Dreaming? More like "Design for an Acid Trip".
quamp Man, people at GM were very white back in 1956 when this was made. Janine Turner clone Tad Tadlock dances her way through this short film with a guy reminiscent of Secret Agent Super Dragon. Obscene cheerfulness and a pair of singers that can't sing shoot this one down. Cheesy special effects (such as the Highway of tomorrow is in fact a slot-car race set.) don't help either.Avoid this one unless you're watching the MST3K version.
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