DREAMS- Akira Kurosawa

Today in class we watched the film Dreams. The film was compiled of 8 short films. Each short story contained some of the same reoccurring characters but each one was a separate dream. I really enjoyed the one where the man sets out to meet Vincent Van Gogh. It starts off in an art museum where he is sucked into one of Van Gogh's paintings. As he travels through the painting he encounters a group of people who tell him where he can find Van Gogh but they warn that he has gone mad. The man travels through a field where he finally encounters Van Gogh. Van Gogh speaks to him and tells him that he must continue painting. Throughout the remainder of the film the young man travels through all of Van Gogh's paintings as if he is a part of them. That was my favorite part of this film. I thought the way they made him look like he was part of the painting was amazing and looked great. I think that the film as a whole was very interesting because is mixed art with drama and fantasy. It showed different types of dreams that we have all had and how strange, beautiful and mystifying it is to drift into a semi-concious state. Our homework for tonight and tomorrow night is to plant the ideas of our creative process into our minds before falling asleep and see if we can dream about it. I guess we shall see what happens.....