I Dreamt I Woke Up

1991 Irish film

John Boorman
John Hurt
Janet McTeer
Charley Boorman

Narrated byJohn BoormanCinematographySeamus DeasyEdited byRon Davis

Release date

1991 (1991)

Running time

44 minutesCountryIrelandLanguageEnglish

I Dreamt I Woke Up is a 1991 Irish short film directed by John Boorman. It stars John Hurt and Janet McTeer as well as Boorman and his son Charley.

Commissioned by the BBC as part of "The Director's Place" series, the essay/documentary explores the home and neighbours of John Boorman and the mystical qualities of the Wicklow Mountains as well as their influence on some of Boorman's films, namely "Excalibur", "Deliverance" and "Hope And Glory". The film features Garech Browne and his Luggala Estate, and also refers to Garech's younger brother Tara Browne.

Production

The director discussed the film in "Projections 1", an anthology about filmmakers he edited, and included the complete shooting script of "I Dreamt I Woke Up".^[1] The origin and genesis of the project is described in detail in Brian Hoyle's book about the director^[2] as well as in Boorman's two autobiographies^[3]^[4]

References

^ Boorman, John: "Bright Dreams, Hard Knocks: A Journal for 1991". in Projections: A Forum for Film Makers. London 1992, pp. 54-71.
^ Hoyle, Brian: "The cinema of John Boorman", Lanham, MD, USA 2012, pp. 176-180
^ Boorman, John: "Adventures of a Suburban Boy", London, UK 2003, p. 301
^ Boorman, John: "Conclusions", London, UK 2020, pp. 62f