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Hey, welcome to Weird House Cinema Rewind.

This is Rob Lamb.

In today's episode, we're going to be airing an episode that originally came out 620,

2020-25.

It is Akira Kurosawa's Dreams. This is a gorgeous film and very surreal and fittingly dreamlike. So this one is a real pleasure to discuss. Hope you enjoy it as well.

Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, a production of IHeart Radio.

Hey, welcome to Weird House Cinema. This is Rob Lamb.

And this is Joe McCormick. And today on Weird House Cinema, we're going to be talking about Akira Kurosawa's 1990 anthology film, Dreams, which is exactly what it says on the box. This is a collection of eight short vignettes that take the form of dreams and nightmares. I had never seen this film before this week when I picked it out for the show, and I love this movie. But if you watch it, you should know what you're getting into, especially if you've liked other Corosawa movies. This is not Seven Samurai. That's like, you know, a gripping, exciting story.

This is a movie that really asks for your patience as an audience member.

The pace is moody and slow.

There is no central or overarching plot.

There are some themes and character types that recur, but each of the eight short stories is essentially self-contained, and they partake of extremely varied tones, settings, and pacing.

Some of the stories are like a weird kind of improvisational fairy tale.

Some are frightening, baffling encounters with monstrous entities.

Some are kind of idyllic meetings between a curious protagonist and a thoughtful character.

And some are apocalyptic visions of a doomed earth.

You really get all different kinds of dreams in this movie. Yeah, yeah. This is a

great film. I'm so glad you picked this one, Joe. This is not a Corosawa film I'd ever seen either.

Generally, I'd seen just a handful of his samurai epics, with Throne of Blood, being my favorite from

years back.

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