Kurosawa, van Gogh, and Chopin, and the Permanence of Dreams

This is the first scene of the fifth part, “Crows,” of Kurosawa’s 1990 film “Dreams,” based on the director’s actual dreams. Its production was assisted by Lucas, Coppola, and Spielberg. Kurosawa was 80 at the time, and this was his third to last of his films. The music by Chopin is the 15th prelude of […]