Dreams-DVD

Dreams (1990), Dir. Akira Kurosawa

Ah, the darling of Coppola, Scorsese, Lucas, and Spielberg. Did he ever make a bad film? Well, if he did, I haven't found it yet.

Dreams is fantastic. It gives us a stunning array of visual ideas, with vibrant color, fantastic colors, and rich sets. Kurosawa's imagination seems boundless. Even though this film is really a series of short films, they all seems to meld together somehow. There is a vast array of subject matter in each one, from fable-type stories to the mythological to the terrible fears surrounding nuclear holocaust. Each is fully developed, and moves along at its own pace. There is no feeling of urgency in any of them, and the viewer is invited to revel in each story fully before being asked to move on to the next one.

Another winner.