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Dreams (DVD, 2009) 
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Dreams (DVD, 2009)

Leading Role: Akira Terao,Chishu Ryu
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Rating: Rated PG
Release Date: Apr 2009
Format: DVD
UPC: 085392366026
Product ID: EPID3411984
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 ench...
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Movie 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.

Credits
Cast:Akira Terao, Chishu Ryu, Martin Scorsese, Mieko Harada

Notes
DVD Features:

Region 1
Snap Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Single Side - Dual Layer
Additional Release Material:
   Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Material
Text/Galleries:
   Filmographies - 1. Akira Kurosawa - Director, Theatrical release: May 15, 1990.

DREAMS was the first film Akira Kurosawa wrote entirely by himself. He was 80 years old at the time of filming.

Directors Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg assisted Kurosawa in getting Warner Brothers to fund DREAMS. In addition, Lucas's Industrial Light and Magic provided certain visual effects, and Spielberg served as the film's executive producer.

Ishirô Honda, the creator of Godzilla, served as a creative consultant on the film. When Honda passed away in 1993, Kurosawa delivered his eulogy.

Director Martin Scorsese plays Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh in the "Crows" sequence. Oddly enough, Scorsese portrays Van Gogh while speaking in English with a New York accent.

DREAMS was initially conceived with 10 episodes in mind. However, only eight were eventually shot for the finished feature. One of the unfilmed sequences involved flying and was rejected as being "unrealizable."

In the "Village of the Watermills" episode, 84-year-old actor Chishu Ryu was made up to look 103 years old.

Editorial Reviews
"...[Kurosawa's] swansong..."
Le Fanu

"...AKIRA KUROSAWA'S DREAMS contains some of the most beautiful images ever conceived by the man who is widely regarded as the world's greatest living director..."
Los Angeles Times - Kevin Thomas (08/24/1990)

"...[The tales'] awesome visual beauty encourages a degree of patience that's usually well rewarded..."
Entertainment Weekly - Mike Flaherty (03/21/2003)

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    Last updated: 2009-04-18 01:31:36.0 by
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    Introduction
    DREAMS
    Film di rara e delicata bellezza, non disponibile ancora in DVD in Italia, motivo per cui l'ho acquistato su Ebay, che offre la possibilità di trovare un vasto assortimento di film, non reperibili altrimenti.
    Il film si articola in 8 dreams (SOGNI), slegati fra loro, ma accomunati da una lentezza di movimenti e sguardi che lo rendono magico, in questo nostro Mondo  consumato da frenesia e insoddisfazione.
    Il sogno che mi suscitato più emozioni è The crows (I CORVI), un viaggio nel mondo variopinto e cromatico di Van Gogh, dove l'allievo attraversa le tele dell'artista, che sembrano prendere Vita. Effetti speciali, davvero sorprendenti, che lo rendono unico e insuperabile nel suo genere.


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      A Deeply personal film
    Review created: 11/08/07
    8 of 9 people found this review helpful.

    Although not the flawless masterpiece everyone claims it to be, Kurosawa's Dreams is a strong final statement from the brilliant Japanese director. Although he would continue to make films after Dreams, this is the closest Kurosawa came to creating a masterpiece that rivals his best work. Consisting of 8 segments, Dreams is almost like a series of interconnected short films using variations on a theme.

    Although the writing and all the performances aren't quite up to Kurosawa's best, they don't diminish the poetic power of this wonderful film. In many respects, the ruminations on man's place in the world, our finite existence and our poor understanding of our surroundings make this Kurosawa's most personal film. Often overlooked by film fans, Dreams is finally getting its due now that it has become available in the superior DVD format. The videotape couldn't do justice to the fine compositions and beautiful use of color. Kurosawa's strength as a director was always his carefully cultivated use of the visual as narrative. What we see and how we organize it visually, makes up the narrative of our lives just as strongly as what we say and do.

    The support of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg (no matter how you feel about their films and careers)is what allowed Kurosawa to remain vital and creative towards the end of his life. When many in the Japanese film industry had turned their back on this master film director, Lucas and Spielberg (along with Scorsese)allowed him to make a number of minor and major films at the end of his career.

    Pick up Dreams -- you won't regret visiting Kurosawa's world.


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