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Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (Criterion Collection)[Blu-ray]Special Edition
Unfolding in a series of mythic vignettes, this late work by Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai, Ran) brings eight of the beloved director s own nighttime 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.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION 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 longtime 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
- Language: Japanese
- Subtitles: English
- Number of discs: 1
- Run Time: 120 minutes
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Bilge Ebiri and Kurosawa s script for a never-filmed ninth dream, introduced by Nogami
夢 / Yume / Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
Media | Movies Blu-ray (Blu-ray Disc) |
Number of discs | 1 |
Released | November 15, 2016 |
Original release date | 1990 |
EAN/UPC | 0715515188715 |
Label | Criterion CCIN2696BR |
Genre | Drama |
Dimensions | 135 × 169 × 14 mm · 112 g |
Playtime | 02:00:00 |
Region code | Region A (Americas, East and Southeast Asia) |
Language | Original language |
Subtitles | English |
Skuespiller | Martin Scorsese |
Skuespiller | Bernardo Bertolucci |
Skuespiller | Akira Terao |
Skuespiller | Akira Kurosawa |
Skuespiller | Nobuhiko Ôbayashi |
Skuespiller | Julie Taymor |
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