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2008 · drama · auteur · dream

Dream

Directed by Kim Ki-duk1h 35m2008
ElsewhereIMDb6.54kTMDB6.677
  • sombre
  • measured
  • intense
  • inventive
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Sombre, measured, measured drama / auteur, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.

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In the aftermath of a car crash, a man discovers his dreams are tied to a stranger's sleepwalking.

Our read · Dream (2008) reads as a sombre, measured, surreal drama · auteur · dream entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.

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You want a hypnotic dream-logic romance from Kim Ki-duk where reality frays.

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Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightSkip if slow meditative pacing or emotional intensity will bore or drain you.

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Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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