The Interpretation of Dreams The first edition begins: Freud begins his book in the first chapter titled "The Scientific Literature on the Problems of the Dream" by reviewing different scientific views on dream interpretation, which he finds interesting but not adequate. He then makes his argument by describing a number of dreams which he claims illustrate his theory. Freud describes three main types of dreams: 1. Direct prophecies received in the dream (chrematismos, oraculum); 2. The foretelling of a future event (orama, visio) 3. The symbolic dream, which requires interpretation (Interpretation of Dreams 5). Much of Freud's sources for analysis are in literature. Many
Winter of Our Dreams the late 1970s Duigan wrote a script called "Someone Left the Cake Out in the Rain" about a European anti-nuclear campaigner who comes to Australia and meets a 60s radical turned yuppie. The film was never made but the former radical character was re used in "Winter of Our Dreams". There were three weeks of rehearsals and five weeks of shooting in Kings Cross and Balmain. "Winter of Our Dreams" was popular, grossing $959,000 at the box office in Australia, which is equivalent to $3,107,160 in 2009 dollars. Winter of Our Dreams Winter of Our Dreams is a 1981 Australian