Dreams (2-DVD) PG
The past, present, and future. The thoughts and images of one man... for all men. One man's dreams... for every dreamer.
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Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (Widescreen)
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DVD Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 2 hours
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: November 15, 2016
- Originally Released: 1990
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Chishû Ryû & Akira Terao | |
Performer: | Mieko Harada & Martin Scorsese | |
Directed by | Akira Kurosawa | |
Screenwriting by | Akira Kurosawa |
Entertainment Reviews:
...[The tales'] awesome visual beauty encourages a degree of patience that's usually well rewarded...
Entertainment Weekly
Only during a final procession does the old Kurosawa magic get a brief look-in, but by then the hackneyed moralising and dramatic languor have ensured that, despite the well-meaning message, it's hard to care.
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Time Out
Rating: 3.5/5 --
It's something altogether new for Kurosawa, a collection of short, sometimes fragmentary films that are less like dreams than fairy tales of past, present and future. The magical and mysterious are mixed with the practical, funny and polemical.
New York Times
There's greatness in the film's first hour.
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New Yorker
Rating: 2.5/4 --
I wish I could say that every segment is fantastic, but just like so many other "short story films", it's a mixed bag.
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Sin Magazine
Dreams should be seen for the exercise that it gives the imagination, not for its thumping didactic content.
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The Spectator
...There's an abundance of striking imagery throughout, particularly in early vignettes that celebrate childhood innocence... -- 3 out of 4 stars
USA Today
Product Description:
Akira Kurosawa's DREAMS consists of eight short films based on actual dreams of the director. The first sequence, "Sunshine Through the Rain," features a young boy sneaking off into the forest on a rainy day to watch a procession of enchanted foxes. In "The Peach Orchard," a slightly older boy witnesses tree spirits performing a delicate dance. Weary travelers in "The Blizzard" face the elemental wrath of a snow enchantress, while "The Tunnel" finds a military officer haunted by the ghosts of his dead regiment. In "Crows," an art aficionado literally walks into the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh (played by Martin Scorsese). "Mount Fuji in Red" and "The Weeping Demon" are both fantastical cautionary tales about the hazards of nuclear power. Finally the gentle "Village of the Watermills" brings the film to a quiet, pastoral end.
A highly personal project, DREAMS evinces its labor-of-love atmosphere in every sequence. As with all Kurosawa productions, each short film is meticulously designed and beautifully photographed. While many of the middle sequences are eerie and surreal, the first two films and the finale ("Sunshine Through the Rain," "The Peach Orchard," and "Village of the Watermills") are gorgeously lush and serene.
A highly personal project, DREAMS evinces its labor-of-love atmosphere in every sequence. As with all Kurosawa productions, each short film is meticulously designed and beautifully photographed. While many of the middle sequences are eerie and surreal, the first two films and the finale ("Sunshine Through the Rain," "The Peach Orchard," and "Village of the Watermills") are gorgeously lush and serene.
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