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In Ojibwa (Chippewa) culture, a dreamcatcher (or dream catcher; Ojibwe asabikeshiinh, the inanimate form of the word for "spider" or bawaajige nagwaagan meaning "dream snare") is a handmade object based on a willow hoop, on which is woven a loose net or web. The dream catcher is then decorated with personal and sacred items such as feathers and beads.

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Southwestern Dreamcatcher - Style 35153 Southwestern Dreamcatcher - Style 35153

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The service was quick and close to perfect condition. I have no complaints at all. I would definitely buy from this seller again.

I have been having horrible dreams for quite some time now. So I thought what the heck might as well try this.. It looks very nice on the wall. ads a nice decor. And also helped with my dreams.. For at least 3 weeks lol but I do recommend this if your looking for a dream catcher....

It was purchased as a gift and the recipient was grateful. What more can you ask?

This dreamcatcher is beautiful with leather, beads, wood and detailed craftsman work. The price was more than excellent compared to dreamcatchers on other sites that were smaller and with less detail. My grandson and I were very pleased; he was so excited as his cousin has one. It arrived quickly and in excellent condition(new). I am extremely pleased!!!

Beautiful Piece. I have gotten several compliments from visitors to my home very happy with this purchase.

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A center spiral surrounded by hypnotically fluttering feathers, leather accents and colorful carved wood beads is topped by an antler's horn to catch your Western dream from the wind. 9'' diameter x 34'' long.

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all ended well with the order. i was supprised on how long it took to recive the product. i guess they wrote to me saying how long it would take but as i remember it was about a month. the dream catcher looks beautiful and my daughter loves it. and it helped get her to sleep in her own room. :)... oh yea and its not made in the united states.

This is one of the prettiest dream catchers I have seen. My little girl loves it. It's made very well. It's very colorful, pink, purple and little bit of blue. Exactly as pictured. Not too large, not too small, just right at 16 inches long. Not authentically made, but the legend can still be passed on.

My four year old daughter asked me for a Dream Cathcer because she was having nightmares. Of course I turned to Amazon, the great witch-doctor. I must say that these little cuties do the trick. My daughter feels much better about going to bed knowing her Catcher is working while she sleeps.

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Dream Catcher (1999) (Dol) [VHS] Dream Catcher (1999) (Dol) [VHS]

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Anyone that takes a chance on this little known independent film will be transformed even if only for a short time. It is difficult to not relate in at least small measure to this story and the characters, who despite their flaws, are endearing. The previous reviewers did an excellent job summarizing the plot of this film that I can add nothing more than to encourage a viewing of The Dream Catcher. The acting and directing are superb. You will not be disappointed. I own the DVD and have watch it multiple times.

The Dream Catcher is an excellent film. It is the story of two young men; each in a desparate search for family. There is really no hope for these two characters except for what little they can create for themselves. Freddy is on a father quest, he's essentially seeking out his own nature. His journey is motivated by the upcoming birth of his own child. Freddy is quiet and reflective, removed from the world. On the road, he meets Albert, who is younger, hyperactive and looking for his mother. Headed in the same direction, they become travelmates. Albert can't help his bad behavior and tests Freddy's nerves around every corner. Freddy spends his time brooding and trying to keep Albert in line. Watching this movie, my feelings grew quickly for these characters and as much as I wanted a positive resolution grown out of friendship, it was clear somewhere in the middle of the film that my best case scenario had lost all footing. This is an emotional story that lends a voice to the profound importance of parents and family in the lives of young people. Formally this film is very strong and I would recommend it to anyone.

In the past week, I have seen "Man on Fire," "The Punisher," "Mean Girls," "Laws of Attraction" and "The Godsend"in the theaters. I then caught the totally unknown independent feature "The Dream Catcher" on DVD, after I picked it up at the local Fry's without knowing anything about it, except the description on the box. Who would have thought the best movie I have seen this week, and probably since "Mystic River," would be this thoroughly entertaining and profoundly moving road movie featuring two young, unknown actors and a no-name director. In short, "The Dream Catcher" (not to be confused with the awful Lawrence Kasdan-Stephen King horror film of the same name) is one of the best films I have seen in a long, long time.The plot is simple: two teens, one running from a pregnant girlfriend and one from juvenile authorities, meet on the road and forge a tentative and gradually deeper friendship while they travel to Reno in search of a better life. They couldn't be more different: Freddy (Maurice Compte) is a quiet introvert and the much younger Albert (Paddy Connor) is a loud, hyperactive motormouth who obviously suffers from ADD. They hop trains, they steal cars, they hitch rides, but mostly they fight and irritate each other until they fall into a predictable and comfortable rhythm with each other. I won't give anything else away except to say it is all incredibly moving and at times funny--all the way up to the rather predictable, though appropriate, ending.This is an absolute triumph for director Ed Radtke, who, based on the great visual look of the film and the excellent use of locations between Philadelphia and Reno, deserves a chance at a big budget studio project. And the acting is uniformly excellent, including every well-cast supporting role, and especially the leads: Compte, who is touching and compelling, and the incredible Connor, who is absolutely sensational as a boy whose hyperactive manner masks a deep and profound inner sadness that at the end just may break your heart. The best thing about DVD (aside from introducing the widescreen format to mass audiences) is that hard-to-distribute festival winners like "The Dream Catcher" can find an audience and quite possibly gain the respect that they deserve. And hopefully we'll be seeing much more of these actors and this director in the future. They certainly deserve it.

The Dream Catcher is a movie about two runaways both on the run for different reasons. Freddy ,played by maurice compte ,has a pregnant girlfriend and decides to run away and see his father who he has not seen in years. albert, played by paddy connor, is a juvenile deliquent who runs off to go to veags to find his mom. the two meet and strike up a friendship going together on the road. and as it is a road trip, they meet many different people from a guy in the military to a christian couple. the end of this movie is truly heartbreaking because you feel for these characters, even though you know how it will end. Ed radtke did a good job at directing this movie. the music is also well done as is the acting by maurice compte and paddy connor. it was neat watching this movie because i grew up in dayton where most of this film was shot. and seeing the locations like the dayton library reminded me of my hometown. i hope this movie gets the attention it deserves. P.s. I am the guy at the end of the movie who is pushing the carts in the store which albert steals from.

The Dream Catcher, directed by Edward A. Radtke, tells the story of two young men (boys really) who feel a pressing need to stay on the move. Freddy (Maurice Compte) is running from his pregnant girlfriend in Philadelphia with a vague hope of connecting up with an until recently incarcerated father he has not seen in a decade. Albert (Paddy Connor), an escapee from a juvenile home in Ohio, is heading toward Reno where his estranged mother supposedly owns a restaurant in which he believes he can get work and come in out from the cold. Neither has any money, nor any real family to speak of, and both are living by their wits as they cross America's vast midlands by whatever means they can manage. Although they hitchhike, jump aboard freight trains, and steal a ride or two, at times it almost seems as if they propel themselves forward by dint of highly elaborated fantasy about the future and a desperate desire to be rescued from the gnawing alienation they experience in relation to just about everything except each other. Freddy gets through the days on the road by assuaging his limitless reservoir of emptiness and rage with the help of a good deal of marijuana while Albert relies on a manic defense against his intolerable feelings of worthlessness and despair. He is also an inveterate kleptomaniac. Thus the pair provide an interesting counterbalance to the river of desolation which flows through them and which is mirrored relentlessly by the disconnected physical and human landscape through which they travel. After a number of entertaining, at times devastating, adventures en route to the 'promised land' of the American West, the boys finally reach Utah which Albert describes as being like another planet. But rather than having reached their collectively desired destination of longed for parental protection and love, another fate awaits them entirely. The only fate they could have actually expected to encounter given the emotional undertow established early on in lives characterized by severe trauma, loss and deprivation. I had the opportunity to screen The Dream Catcher as part of Sundance Channel's New Voices series which showcases first time film makers of exceptional promise. As with all the other entries in this splendid set of psychological dramas, I was thoroughly engaged by Radtke's disturbing, utterly revealing film from its auspicious beginning right through to its sad, poignant close.

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Ed Radtke's award-winning film tells the story of two juvenile delinquents (Maurice Compte and Paddy Connor in breakout performances) who meet while hitchhiking across America. The unlikely pair forges a tentative friendship as they hop trains, steal cars and dodge the law while trying to make it to Reno, Nevada...

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While dreamcatchers originated in the Ojibwa Nation, during the pan-Indian movement of the 1960s and 1970s they were adopted by Native Americans of a number of different Nations. They came to be seen by some as a symbol of unity among the various Indian Nations, and as a general symbol of identification with Native American or First Nations cultures. However, some Native Americans have come to see them as "tacky" and over-commercialized due to their acceptance in popular culture.

Traditionally, the Ojibwa construct dreamcatchers by tying sinew strands in a web around a small round or tear-shaped frame of willow (in a way roughly similar to their method for making snowshoe webbing). The resulting "dream-catcher", hung above the bed, is then used as a charm to protect sleeping children from nightmares. Dreamcatchers made of willow and sinew are not meant to last forever but instead are intended to dry out and collapse over time as the child enters the age of adulthood.

The Ojibwa believe that a dreamcatcher filters a person's dreams. According to Terri J. Andrews in the article "Legend of the Dream Catcher," about the Ojibwa nation in the magazine World & I, Nov. 1998 page 204, "Only good dreams would be allowed to filter through . . . Bad dreams would stay in the net, disappearing with the light of day."

It's recommended to hang the dream catcher above someone sleeping to guard against bad dreams. Good dreams pass through and slide down the feathers to the sleeper.

Another legend (Lakota), according to St. Joseph's Indian School in Chamberlain, South Dakota, "Good dreams pass through the center hole to the sleeping person. The bad dreams are trapped in the web, where they perish in the light of dawn."

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