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Mood:
- AtmosphericContemplativeCaptivatingMind Bending
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Plot:
- DangerHopesMind and SoulChaosApocalypseLegends and Myths
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Genres:
- DramaFantasyForeign
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century80s
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Place:
- AsiaJapan
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Praise:
- Award Winner
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Style:
- EpisodicMultiple StoriesSurreal
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Attitudes:
- SeriousFantasticSlow
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Dreams, 1990
Japanese, French, English
USA, Japan
Profile of Dreams
Dreams can be described as contemplative, atmospheric, and captivating. The plot revolves around chaos, hopes, and danger. The main genres are drama, foreign, and fantasy. In terms of style, Dreams involves multiple stories, is episodic, and is surreal. In approach, it is fantastical and serious. The storytelling is slow paced. Dreams is located in Japan. It takes place in the 1980s. The movie has received attention for being an award winner.
Summary of Dreams
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.
Details
| Language: | Japanese, French, English |
| Country: | USA, Japan |
| Release date: | 24 August 1990 |
| Runtime: | 119 min |
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