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Dreams = Yume

Call Number

  • DVD FOREIGN (CEN, WSQ)

Edition

Two-DVD special edition.

Languages

In Japanese, with English subtitles.

Performers

Akira Terao, Mitsuko Baishô, Martin Scorsese, Chishū Ryū.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2016]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (120 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (31 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.)

Audience

MPAA rating: PG.

Summary

Comprised of eight episodes rich in imagery and insight (and featuring Martin Scorsese as Vincent Van Gogh), this Akira Kurosawa film explores the costs of war, the perils of nuclear power and humankind's need to harmonize with nature.

Notes

Originally released as a motion picture in 1990.

Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by cinematographer Shoji Ueda ; new audio commentary featuring film scholar Stephen Price ; Making of "Dreams" (1990), a 150-minute doumentary shot on set and directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi ; new interview with production manager Teruyo Nogami ; new interview with assistant director Takashi Koizumi ; Kurosawa's way (2011), a fifty-minute documentary by Kurosawa's longtime translator Catherine Cadou, featuring interviews with filmmakers Bernardo Bertolucci, Alejandro G. Inarritu, Martin Scorsese, Hayao Miyazaki, and others ; trailer ; new English subtitle translation.

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