Akira Kurosawa's Dreams consists of eight short films based on actual dreams of the director:
"Sunshine Through the Rain," features a young boy sneaking off into the forest on a rainy day to watch a procession of enchanted foxes. [WATCH!]
The Peach Orchard," a slightly older boy witnesses tree spirits performing a delicate dance. [WATCH! Part 1 ~ Part 2]
Weary travelers in "The Blizzard" face the elemental wrath of a snow enchantress. [WATCH! Part 1 ~ Part 2]
The Tunnel" finds a military officer haunted by the ghosts of his dead regiment. [WATCH! Part 1 ~ Part 2]
"Crows," an art aficionado literally walks into the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh (played by Martin Scorsese). [WATCH! Part 1 ~ Part 2]
"Mount Fuji in Red" is a fantastical cautionary tale about the hazards of nuclear power. [WATCH!]
"The Weeping Demon" portrays a similar story. [WATCH! Part 1 | Part 2]
"Village of the Watermills" brings the film to a quiet, pastoral end. [WATCH! Part 1 | Part 2]
2008 -- "total director" [ professional amateur instead of auteur cinema ? ... ]
How different this revolt of amateurs from our political amateurs [ democracy ]?
And the "Americal Idol"?
* People Power wired.com : "Now we have armies of amateurs, happy to work for free. Call it the Age of Peer Production. From Amazon.com to MySpace to craigslist, the most successful Web companies are building business models based on user-generated content." ...
"This can all sound a little like, well, ’60s-style utopianism. After all, Marx himself believed that the industrial proletariat would revolt against the bourgeoisie, creating a state where the workers own the means of industrial production. It’s easy to see an echo of that in blogosphere triumphalism.
But it’s a mistake to equate peer production with anticapitalism. This isn’t amateurs versus professionals; it’s each benefiting the other. Companies aren’t just exploiting free labor; they’re also creating the tools that give voice to millions. And that rowdy rabble isn’t replacing the firm; it’s providing the energy that drives a new sort of company, one that understands that talent exists outside Hollywood, that credentials matter less than passion, and that each of us has knowledge that’s valuable to someone, somewhere.
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