Dreams, Washed Out

A beautifully crafted dreamscape, full of shadows, shades, angles, and colors. This is what cinema is for, to tell heartbreaking stories with twists and turns, and to present something we haven't seen before. This film is truly unique in this sense. Thank you.

Love an passion in southern Italy. I painter and 2 travellers meet. I liked the ways the director used time, mixing present and past .... I found the animated section quite interesting and the music. The director looks at Italy with an interesting eye .... I wait to see her films to come

Henry meets these girl in a strange and mysterious city. I really enjoyed the story and already saw it twice. The man lead is a great actor playing a difficult role ( a selfish occasionally charming guy). The camera work and editing are first class .... nice job keep working on

While most movies follow cliche to direct the story to a very specific audience, Dreams doesn't. While the Lai-Fu (a great Rosario Minardi) appears as the leading role, in fact Momo Yi Ching Lee uses him as a mirror for the women he tries to conquer. While Mei-Li likes danger and perhaps dangerous men she express bravery as she travels the world against all odds and finds ways to keep her curiosity intact, she doesn't surrender easily. My favorite scene is when she rejects having sex because it seems like a routine: tenderness then the bed. Even when she surrenders and finally makes love to Lai-Fu she is there but she is watching, as to ask herself: "is this what I really want? As the others reviewers point out the tempo, the mix of flash back and the present gives the movie an additional internal tempo. Momo Yi Ching Lee is someone to follow ....

What can I say about this elixir? It unfolds in *chapters*, like Joni Mitchell's HEJIRA (1976). And there is .. narrative congeniality with A. Kiarostami's LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE (2012) or Scorcese's short LIFE LESSONS (1989), but framed (largely) from the woman's POV (we are guessing this is .. Xiaolan Jiao's first film : she is remarkable ..). DREAMS, WASHED OUT is utterly gorgeous .. you truly can't take your eyes off its procession. Visual notes are reminiscent of A. Kurosawa's DREAMS (1990) and, holy smokes, the "Magic Theater" section of Fred Haines' STEPPENWOLF adaptation (1974). A film that cries to be widely seen !