What an extraordinary beautiful film.
It feels like an autobiography of oneself since it's based on real experiences that happened in dreams.
It's a collection of eight dreams and I think that they are not only shown in order by the Kurosawa's age (from a young kid to a full-grown adult), but in the actual real-time chronology as well as it starts in ancient times and ends with modern times. It's genius.
All the dreams are truly magical and unexplainable experiences. I can't believe Akira managed to portray them in film, but he sure succeeded.
I think it's best to talk about each dream individually: 1. 'Sunshine Through the Rain' This one was very beautiful visually, it crafts a magical fantasy world dark and pretty at the same time. I love that it ends in such an ambiguous way, leaving the viewers to interpret.
2. 'The Peach Orchard' This one was beyond beautiful. It's full of depth and so staggering, by the end of this story I was already all in, I was already emotionally drained. It was so sad, miserable, lovely and heartwarming all at the same time that I cried all my tears out.
3. 'The Blizzard' This was one of the weakest stories. It wasn't bad, just meh. I wasn't much invested in it.
4. 'The Tunnel' This one was so deep, all the dialogues are so thought-provoking. Wonderful stuff. Again it lets the viewer to interpret what some stuff represents and means.
5. 'Crows' Another one full of deep conversations, it's also so visually creative and astonishing.
6. 'Mount Fuji in Red' This was definitely the worst of them all. The message is very clear and pretty basic. It's also the shortest one as well. Still, wasn't bad, just meh.
7. 'The Weeping Demon' This one was again magical, it was dark and twisted and like most stories it really provoked my mind.
8. 'Village of the Watermills' The last dream also manages to be my favourite. It's so majestic and looks so gorgeous, the conversations again, I really dug into them, I loved all the ideologies and profound culture. It also ends in such a touching genuine way, just surreal how spectacular this whole thing was.
Overall, after watching this film, I'm completely emotionally exhausted. This film fully devastated me in a positive way. It's truly special and I'm very happy that such imaginary films like this exist.
It feels like an autobiography of oneself since it's based on real experiences that happened in dreams.
It's a collection of eight dreams and I think that they are not only shown in order by the Kurosawa's age (from a young kid to a full-grown adult), but in the actual real-time chronology as well as it starts in ancient times and ends with modern times. It's genius.
All the dreams are truly magical and unexplainable experiences. I can't believe Akira managed to portray them in film, but he sure succeeded.
I think it's best to talk about each dream individually: 1. 'Sunshine Through the Rain' This one was very beautiful visually, it crafts a magical fantasy world dark and pretty at the same time. I love that it ends in such an ambiguous way, leaving the viewers to interpret.
2. 'The Peach Orchard' This one was beyond beautiful. It's full of depth and so staggering, by the end of this story I was already all in, I was already emotionally drained. It was so sad, miserable, lovely and heartwarming all at the same time that I cried all my tears out.
3. 'The Blizzard' This was one of the weakest stories. It wasn't bad, just meh. I wasn't much invested in it.
4. 'The Tunnel' This one was so deep, all the dialogues are so thought-provoking. Wonderful stuff. Again it lets the viewer to interpret what some stuff represents and means.
5. 'Crows' Another one full of deep conversations, it's also so visually creative and astonishing.
6. 'Mount Fuji in Red' This was definitely the worst of them all. The message is very clear and pretty basic. It's also the shortest one as well. Still, wasn't bad, just meh.
7. 'The Weeping Demon' This one was again magical, it was dark and twisted and like most stories it really provoked my mind.
8. 'Village of the Watermills' The last dream also manages to be my favourite. It's so majestic and looks so gorgeous, the conversations again, I really dug into them, I loved all the ideologies and profound culture. It also ends in such a touching genuine way, just surreal how spectacular this whole thing was.
Overall, after watching this film, I'm completely emotionally exhausted. This film fully devastated me in a positive way. It's truly special and I'm very happy that such imaginary films like this exist.