Dreams

This movie is absolutely gorgeous to look at. If I had to pick a favorite shot, I might have to go with the field of flowers with the rainbow over the top of the frame from the end of the first dream. If it isn’t the field of flowers, it’s the hauntingly beautiful blizzard. If it’s not the blizzard, it’s the orchard in bloom. If it isn’t the orchard, it’s the vivid sequence of recreated Van Gogh paintings. If it isn’t the intricate beauty of the paintings, it’s something as simple as the thick grass in the rivers in the final dream. I could probably pick any random frame from any of the dream sequences and it could be my favorite shot of the movie.  The dream I found myself appreciating most this time was actually the orchard dream this time around. In my previous viewings of course I loved the general feeling of the forest spirits doing their little dance, but I couldn’t tell you what they actually were doing/why. I think I figured it out this time. My interpretation is they are representations of the intricacies of nature and the inner workings/natural processes of the trees blooming. There’s so much going on in the tree and the environment around it to get a tree to bloom. It’s coordinated, complex, and there’s inherent beauty to it as well. As the dance finishes and the spirits disappear, you see shots of the trees finally blooming and petals flying over the screen. What a beautiful sequence.