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Summary: The best movie I have ever seen. 1999
Review: The best movie I have ever seen. As art, as philosophy, as literature, as photography, as poetry, as narrative, as short story, as beauty. As yesterday, as today, and tomorrow.
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Summary: Experience the movie--it is like no other
Review: I rented the movie based on the front and back cover back in 90 or 91. Immediately purchased the video and watch it 2-3 times a year. I consider this film a 'top-10' forever.
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Summary: One of the greatest films ever!
Review: This is one of my all-time favorite movies. The cinematography is breathtaking. Kurosawa's exploration of the human condition is beautiful to watch. Every time I see this film, I come away with something new. Kurosawa was truly a master. This film should be seen by everyone.
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Summary: Kurosawa fan at age five
Review: I first experienced this movie in 1990, at the tender age of five. My mother, browsing through the TV channels, happened to stumble upon it during the second short. I was not a particularly "TV-centric" kid, but somehow the movie caught my interest. In some way I communicated my intense desire to watch the program to my mother, and we proceded to sit through the whole thing, not once, but twice. (I think it was repeated some weeks later) For years, we joked about my "favorite show" but I never thought I would see it again until yesterday. I recieved it, along with a dessicated bass viol, as a present for graduating from eighth grade. Mom and I watched, as rapt as the first time, while exclaming about random things we had remembered from the first viewing eight years ago ("the dog! remember the dog!") while my father snored raucously away on the couch. (He, obviously, is not a fan of fine cinema.)
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Summary: Kurosawa's Last Masterpiece
Review: Although he went on to make 2 more films before his death in 1998, this is Kurosawa's last great film. The color was digitally enhanced thanks to the assistance of George Lucas' ILM. And this film is one of the first to feature digital video shots (HDTV, thanks to Sony). With Episode 2, George Lucas hopes to be the first filmmaker to produce a 100% digital movie, without the use of any film stock.As for the movie itself, all 8 "dreams" are wonderful. I especially like "The Tunnel" for its balance and photography. And the digital effects in "Crows" (the protagonist walking through van Gogh's paintings) are nothing short of revolutionary. Even the last story, while a bit preachy, features a rousing, Felini-like procession at the end. This is an exquisite motion piture from the late master of Japanese cinema.
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Summary: Kurosawa Akira-Sama rocks!!
Review: I had not even hit puberty yet when I first saw this movie, but I was hooked from the first moment!! The movie has to be one of the best I've ever seen!! The one that stood out the most for me is the one about the snow fairy.
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Summary: A series of short films presented as a visual feast!
Review: Within each story there is another unfolding at a deeper level and the measured pace of each tale enables the director to load every pause with meaning. The film is presented to the viewer in such a way that you actually feel part of the story - in a similar way to the tale he presents of the man stepping into the Van Gogh painting. This is one of my favourite videos that I watch again and again. It must be absolutely breathtaking on a big screen.
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Summary: One of the greatest films ever!
Review: This is one of the most stunning, hypnotic films ever made. His themes of Life, Death, and Rebirth are great mythic creations of the 20th century, already classical wonders. Each time I see this film I am stunned by its beauty, transported to the "dream" state of Mr. Kurosawa. This film begs for DVD format as the music and special effects are hypnotic and profound and would be that much more entrancing. Any word on the likelihood of its release on DVD?
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Summary: Amazing
Review: I first saw dreams 9 years ago and to this day after the third time I've seen it Im still amazed with its beauty. Dreams is the most amzing foreign film you will ever see,very enjoyable so go out and buy it or rent it.
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Summary: New wave of Post-modern fim-making
Review: One of the most insightful looks into the mind of one of 20th century's greatest film makers. Perhaps this is the definitive movie of this time period that others in the future will try to emulate
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