2008 · drama · auteur · dream
Dream
Directed by Kim Ki-duk1h 35m2008
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.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / auteur, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- intense
- inventive
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How Dream feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want a hypnotic dream-logic romance from Kim Ki-duk where reality frays.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if slow meditative pacing or emotional intensity will bore or drain you.
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