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Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams - The Criterion Collection
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Unfolding in a series of mythic vignettes, this late work by AKIRA KUROSAWA (Seven Samurai, Ran) brings eight of the beloved director's own night time visions, informed by tales from Japanese folklore, to cinematic life. In a visually sumptuous journey through the master's unconscious, tales of childlike wonder give way to apocalyptic visions: a young boy stumbles on a fox wedding in a forest; a soldier confronts the ghosts of the war dead; a power-plant meltdown smothers a seaside landscape in radioactive fumes. Interspersed with reflections on the redemptive power of art, including a richly textured tribute to Vincent van Gogh (played by MARTIN SCORSESE), Akira Kurosawa's Dreams is both a showcase for its maker's imagination at its most unbridled and a deeply personal lament for a world at the mercy of human ignorance.
Special Features:
- New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by cinematographer Masaharu Ueda, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New audio commentary featuring film scholar Stephen Prince
- Making of "Dreams" (1990), a 150-minute documentary shot on-set and directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi
- New interview with assistant director Takashi Koizumi
- New interview with production manager Teruyo Nogami
- Kurosawa's Way (2011), a fifty-minute documentary by director Akira Kurosawa's long-time translator Catherine Cadou, featuring interviews with filmmakers Theodoros Angelopoulos, Bernardo Bertolucci, Clint Eastwood, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Bong Joon-ho, Abbas Kiarostami, Hayao Miyazaki, Martin Scorsese, Julie Taymor, Shin'ya Tsukamoto, and John Woo
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Bilge Ebiri and Kurosawa's script for a never-filmed ninth dream, introduced by Nogami
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- CRITERION COLLECTION
- 120 mins approx.
- PG
- Japanese
- 1
- CRITERION COLLECTION
- Akira Kurosawa
- Akira Terao
- Mitsuko Baishô
- Toshie Negishi
- Mieko Harada
- Mitsunori Isaki
- Toshihiko Nakano
English
- 1990
- 2
Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams - The Criterion Collection
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Unfolding in a series of mythic vignettes, this late work by AKIRA KUROSAWA (Seven Samurai, Ran) brings eight of the beloved director's own night time visions, informed by tales from Japanese folklore, to cinematic life. In a visually sumptuous journey through the master's unconscious, tales of childlike wonder give way to apocalyptic visions: a young boy stumbles on a fox wedding in a forest; a soldier confronts the ghosts of the war dead; a power-plant meltdown smothers a seaside landscape in radioactive fumes. Interspersed with reflections on the redemptive power of art, including a richly textured tribute to Vincent van Gogh (played by MARTIN SCORSESE), Akira Kurosawa's Dreams is both a showcase for its maker's imagination at its most unbridled and a deeply personal lament for a world at the mercy of human ignorance.
Special Features:
- New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by cinematographer Masaharu Ueda, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New audio commentary featuring film scholar Stephen Prince
- Making of "Dreams" (1990), a 150-minute documentary shot on-set and directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi
- New interview with assistant director Takashi Koizumi
- New interview with production manager Teruyo Nogami
- Kurosawa's Way (2011), a fifty-minute documentary by director Akira Kurosawa's long-time translator Catherine Cadou, featuring interviews with filmmakers Theodoros Angelopoulos, Bernardo Bertolucci, Clint Eastwood, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Bong Joon-ho, Abbas Kiarostami, Hayao Miyazaki, Martin Scorsese, Julie Taymor, Shin'ya Tsukamoto, and John Woo
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Bilge Ebiri and Kurosawa's script for a never-filmed ninth dream, introduced by Nogami
Click Images to Enlarge
- CRITERION COLLECTION
- 120 mins approx.
- PG
- Japanese
- 1
- CRITERION COLLECTION
- Akira Kurosawa
- Akira Terao
- Mitsuko Baishô
- Toshie Negishi
- Mieko Harada
- Mitsunori Isaki
- Toshihiko Nakano
English
- 1990
- 2
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One of Kurosawa's best
This is simply put, an amazing movie. And, this Criterion release is excellent, sourced from the 4K transfer (hopefully, we will see the UltraHD version of this movie), and with a lot of very interesting extras.
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A Japanese anthology to rival Kwaidan
Beautifully shot, some of Kurosawa's best work.
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