Release Date: 4/7/2009 Original Release: 1990 Format: DVD Widescreen Length: 120 minutes Rating:PG (MPAA) Rating Reason: (Reason unavailable) UPC: 085392366026 Studio: Warner Home Video
Foreign Films, Japanese, Fantasy, Social Issues, Surreal, Theatrical Release
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.
DVD Features
Region 1 Snap Case Single Side - Dual Layer Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85 Letterbox - 1.85 Additional Release Material: Trailers: Original Theatrical Material Interactive Features: Interactive Menus: 1. Director Film Highlights Text/Photo Galleries: Filmographies: 1. Akira Kurosawa - Director
One of Kurosawa's very last films, Dreams sparkles with the sublime knowledge of a man nearing the end of his years, a man who has seen everything yet still is desperate to see more; a man who, in... Read the whole review at MatchFlick
