Man: Are you alright? You appear to be injured.

Vincent Van Gogh: This?

Man: Yeah.

Vincent Van Gogh: Yesterday I was trying to complete a self portrait. I just couldn't get the ear right, so I... cut it off and threw it away.
Nuclear Plant Worker: The red one is plutonium-239. 10,000,000th of a gram causes cancer. The yellow one in strontium-90. It gets inside you and causes leukemia. The purple one is cesium-137. It affects reproduction. It causes mutations. It makes monstrosities. Man's stupidity is unbelievable. Radioactivity was invisible, and because of its danger, they colored it. But that only lets you know which kind kills you.
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Mother of 'I': You're staying home. The sun is shining but it's raining.
Vincent Van Gogh: A scene that looks like a painting doesn't make a painting. If you look closely, all of nature has its beauty.
Pvt. Noguchi: Commander, is it true? Was I truly killed in action? I... I can't believe I'm really dead. I went home. I ate the special cakes my mother made for me. I remember it well.
Old Man: Some say life is hard, but that is just talk. It is good to be alive, it is exciting!

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Dreams short comments

Kennedi 2022-03-15 09:01:05

The composition and color are absolutely masterful, but if measured by the "dream" standard, the last three stories are still too logical and too straightforward. The first three dreams all borrowed from folklore that personified nature (fox marrying, peach blossom festival, snow girl/reaper), and the fourth tunnel dream (blood light bulb with Wenders [American friend]) reflects on war and loyalty/servitude, Reflecting the collective unconsciousness of the Japanese people, the visual effect of the fifth Van Gogh’s dream is beautiful. The flat paintings are three-dimensional, which can be called a feast of colors, and the Japanese suddenly speak French when they enter Van Gogh’s painting realm. Conversation in English is also in line with the irrational nature of dreams-everyday language distinctions are no longer important. The sixth dream predicted the disaster of a nuclear accident, and the colorful radiation cloud became the "reaper's name card." The seventh dream jumped into the post-apocalyptic realm. The horned ogres, the mutated giant flowers, and the blood-red pools on the desert wasteland are eye-catching. The last dream resembled a peach blossom, facing death lightly and praising the return to nature's harmonious life. (8.5/10)
Deshaun 2022-03-28 09:01:08

[Beijing Film Festival Screening] 4K restored version, second brushed on the big screen, the picture quality is bright and prominent. With the help of Spielberg and Martin Scorsese and the special effects technology of Industrial Light and Magic, Akira Kurosawa projected his dream state and social and political attitude into the film in his later years. There are not only Japanese legends such as the fox snow girl, but also anti-war and anti-nuclear ideas. Stepping into a Van Gogh painting is even more moving than "Beloved Van Gogh". And Kasa Zhizhong, who is nearly ninety years old