Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (1990) | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

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Greg B One of my favorite movies of all time! I love the artistry, cinematography, and the eclectic stories of this film! By watching this film, I was able to understand the sensibilities of Kurosama-Sensei's generation. Elements are very much embedded in Japanese folklore. Others are fantastical tales of survivors guilt after WWII. Or stepping into the world of a painting to talk with the master painter. Love of nature, and the wish to preserve it. Fear of nuclear energy, the abuse of it, and the repercussions of it. I watch this film at least once a year. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/23/24 Full Review NICOLE W This movie had amazing visuals and riveting stories. The audience score is accurate, in that if one chooses to watch this movie, there is some self-selection, and one is more likely to rate it higher. And it delivers. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/22/23 Full Review Desmond B Dreams is a sumptuous, thoughtful, dramatic, film from which I found it hard to look away. Although it is one of Kurosawa's last films, it shows him at the height of his power and creativity, and offers a glimpse into his mind, just as he glimpses the mind of van Gogh.My review is at https://thecannibalguy.com/2023/05/14/dreams-1990/ Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/14/23 Full Review Bob A It was a valiant attempt and some may be attracted by its combination of pace, color, costumes, sounds, movement, and themes. However I turned it off after 50 mins. I found it overly tedious and superficial. Rated 1.5/5 Stars • Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 04/06/23 Full Review william d There are some very beautiful images here. However, just like dreams in real life, the stories are haphazard, uninteresting to the outside observer, and ultimately inconsequential. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Michael M While not Kurosawa's best work and certainly not his most accessible, this anthology is nothing if not interesting. Each vignette has a distinctive and often gorgeous aesthetic, and while the writing is uneven (the final story, "Village of the Water Mills", feels like a polemic for luddism), the film captures the hallucinatory quality of half-remembered dreams extremely effectively. The cameo by Martin Scorsese in what I consider to be the film's best segment ("Crows") also made the film worth watching - seeing a collaboration between the two directors, even this minor, is something of a dream come true. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/08/21 Full Review Read all reviews

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