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Akira Kurosawa's Dreams Actors: Akira Terao, Mitsuko Baisho Directors: Ishirô Honda, Akira Kurosawa Number of Items: 1 Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Format: Color, Widescreen Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Running Time: 120 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Region Code: 1 Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2003-03-18 Buy from Amazon |
 "One of the best films I've ever seen - An absolute must."Once you'll see it, you won't be able to stop yourself from seeing it at least three more times just to grasp the whole imense esense of the film. A breathtaking, beautifully directed film with views you won't have the opportunity to see anywhere else, involving the fear of the 20th century, harmony, the circle of life, and fantasy. "GEEZ, This Movie...."This Film is one of Mr. Kurosawas best. Yeah, I know i watched almost all his films and liked some, wouldn't see others, but this one is like watching moving art. The sequences are supposed dreams of the master himself,and are brought to beautiful life by those guys at Industrial Light & Magic. My favorite one has to be the "Peach Orchard" or the "Wedding of the Foxes" wich is also known as "Sunlight Through Rain". Personally I would never see this movie dubbed. Finally, this movie is very inspirational to anyone who is artistic and reasonably a conscious human being. "Reflect, reflect"It's why I love film. That is, the cinema is where I can go to touch my emotions, all kinds of emotions, sometimes finding those I never even knew I held undiscovered. 'Dreams' is that wonderful kind of film which allows me the freedom to drift from one feeling into another, in a way I'm not capable of in reality. After a lifetime of mastering the art of visual storytelling, it is Kurasawa I'm forced -- not forced, for it's a pleasure, how about "immutably drawn?" -- to respect, to honor and to listen. It's difficult to explain this sensual piece with those I love, considering its limited availability, but I take some guilty pleasure in knowing its beauty and that it's shared with so few. It is art. "There's a reason why it's called "Dreams" . . .". . . because this movie waltzes into your mind like the most vivid, profound, and meaningful dream. Each story is like a new dream that you dive into subconsciously. And like all dreams, they're meant to teach you something. This movie is beautiful in its awesome execution. It is a quiet but bold statement on the state of the world and human nature. Simply gorgeous. "A great film more people should watch"This film has in it some of the most beautiful cinematagrophy I have ever seen. If reviews where it is criticised as being slow or arrested worry you as to whether you should rent or buy it I would judge it like this: if the thought of walking through an art gallery and taking several minutes to sit or stand in front of some pictures to fully study and appreciate their beauty seems "slow" or "arrested" to you then you might not like it, if you can imagine yourself enjoying watching an expresionist/art noveau/surrealist set of pictures come to life on your tv screen then you might like it. I am dissapointed in those critics who can't imagine the medium of movies having value unless they are built around a fast paced linear plot line. These are the same people who probably think poetry is a bunch of rubbish and "Finnegan's Wake" is an unreadable waste of time. I hope and pray and fantasize that the studio that owns the rights to this movie will release it in greater numbers, drop the price, and (glory of all glorys) release it on dvd. It is one of the greatest movies of one of the greatest directors of all time and should be more accesible. |
