Dreams is a 1990 film by Akira Kurosawa that is based on actual dreams of the director at different times in his life. There is a total of 8 different dreams depicted throughout the film and one of them has a cameo from the famous American director Marin Scorsese.
The first dream is entitle Sunshine Through the Rain. A small boy is told by his mother to not go into the woods because at this time the foxes would be marrying at this time. He does not listen and hides behind a big tree and watches the slow procession. The foxes see the boy and he runs away. When he returns home his mother tells him they were looking for him and he must now either kill himself or go ask for forgiveness. The boy walks towards where they live.
The next dream is The Peach Orchard in which another young boy is the main character. Dolls are usually spread around during the blossoming time and this time the dolls come to life and the boy witnesses them dance.
Another dream is the Tunnel where on soldier is walking by himself and gets to a tunnel. A dog comes out the tunnel and barks alot while looking mean. A dead soldier appears and tells the guy that he wishes he was dead. Then a big group of dead soldiers appear and the alive man feels extremely guilty and realizes that war is not a good thing.
The next dream is Crows which has Martin Scorsese playing Vincent Van Gogh. This dream follows an art student who talks to Van Gogh then its interesting because he walks through several differnt famous paintings.
Mount Fuji in Red describes what could happen with the worlds large technically advanced nuclear weapons if they were used on a large scale and people would die from radiation and other bad things.
The Weeping Demon is pretty much a follow up to the aftermath of a nuclear attack many years down the road. There are Demons which are essentially mutated humans in the future who have become cannibals since all the earth is destroyed and cannot sutain plant life.
The last dream is Village of the Watermills which has a man travel to a village that has many watermills. The townspeople have decided to go back to a more environmentally friendly power source rather than a more convienient one. The film ends with a funeral procession where the people are celebrating the death of an old woman instead of mourning it.
This film shows many of the personal beliefs and feelings of its director Akira Kurosawa. This must have been a movie that Kurosawa felt was important for people to see. The Crows dream is one of the most beautifully filmed scenes that i have ever seen in a movie. I also like the weeping demon dream because it had gigantic dandelions and talked about hairy fish, 2 faced hares, and one eyed birds.
Monday, July 27, 2009
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