Mini-Transmission: In Dreams (1999) - Psychic Killer Robert Downey Jr pairs with a Bluetooth Printer

Annette Bening’s throwing computers, Margo Martindale’s scolding patients, and Robert Downey Jr. might be Bluetooth-paired to a printer across town. The Machine’s latest Mini-Transmission dives into the surreal dream logic of In Dreams (1999) — with plenty of scuba, psychic sync-ups, and badly rendered CGI fish.

 

WHAT YOU’LL HEAR

• Truman’s confession: he just wants Margo Martindale to yell at him (and Landen’s real-life brush with her politeness).

• The mystery of In Dreams’ CGI fish — and why no one put real ones in the Titanic tank.

• Psychic links, dream logic, and the mechanics of supernatural Bluetooth pairing.

• The Trailer Game, where Truman and Landen try (and fail) to predict how DreamWorks marketed this fever dream.

• The Next Movie Reveal: a clue from the Machine — “Man or Beast.”

 

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Tags: In Dreams (1999), Annette Bening, Robert Downey Jr., Neil Jordan, DreamWorks, Margo Martindale, Thriller, 1990s Cinema, Trailer Game, Psychic Horror