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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 148 reviews)
Sales Rank: 488
Category: DVD
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Label: 20th Century Fox
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: NC-17
Media: DVD
Running Time: 115 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
UPC: 024543128083
EAN: 0024543128083
ASIN: B00023P4I8
Release Date: July 13, 2004
Theatrical Release Date: January 1, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
A love letter to movies (and the French new wave of the 1960s in particular), Bernardo Bertolucci's The Dreamers starts with a 1968 riot outside of a Parisian movie palace then burrows into an insular love triangle. Matthew (Michael Pitt, Hedwig and the Angry Inch), an expatriate American student, bonds with a twin brother and sister, Isabelle (Eva Green) and Theo (Louis Garrel), over their mutual love of film--they not only quote lines of dialogue, they act out small bits and challenge each other to name the cinematic source. Matthew suspects the twins of incest, but that doesn't stop him from falling into his own intimacies with Isabelle. As the threesome becomes threatened, Paris succumbs to student riots. The Dreamers aspires to be kinky, but the results are more decorative than decadent; nonetheless, the movie's lively energy recalls the careless and vital exuberance of Godard and Truffaut. --Bret Fetzer
Description
From Academy Award-winning director Bernardo Bertolucci (The Last Emperor, 1987), comes an erotic tale of three young film lovers brought together by their passion for movies -- and each other. When Isabelle and Theo (Eva Green, Louis Garrel) invite Matthew (Michael Pitt) to stay with them, what begins as a casual friendship ripens into a sensual voyage of discovery and desire in which nothing is off limits and anything is possible. Featuring an engaging, seductive cast, The Dreamers is a ?spellbinding, provocative feast!" (Ebert & Roeper)
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Customer Reviews: Read 143 more reviews...
 Fresh and Sexy July 17, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
From a visual and sexual point of view, the result is so delight and hedonist's primer, but from a call to arms or discourse on the rights and wrongs of activists and pacifists, it comes across morally lite, as empty as the pilloried authoritarians who barely cover their lust for power with the thin threads of peace and democracy for all.The Dreamers is a bold film with fine performances and a few eye-popping moments. I'm glad Bertolucci made it and I'm gladder that Fox Searchlight had the guts to release it uncut.I enjoyed the film overall.This is, without a doubt, the best movie I have ever seen.
 The Dreamers July 17, 2006
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
Despite the mixed reviews the critics and other viewers may have given this movie, this is really pretty sick stuff, with little or no redeeming social context. Objectively, sick just isn't erotic, no matter how hard one may try to rationalize to make it so. Those who think differently really ought to either: (a) focus a little more; (b) examine their true motives; or (c) get a life.
 A pre-requisite for any film student July 16, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The relationship between Matthew, Theo and Isabelle is one of the most intrigueing I've seen. But the Dreamers is more than just a bizarre love-triangle; set against the student uprisings of 1968, it's a powerful socio-political commentary as well. It is also excellent at showing differences of culture and, I must admit, American ego-centrism (a sample of which is found in the scene where Theo and Matthew are taking a bath and discussing who the better guitarist is: Eric Clapton or Jimmy Hendrix).
The final scene leaves the viewer with much to think about. How far do we go in support of our beliefs? What do we do when we embrace two philosophies that are completely at odds with each other? Is there any way to consolidate the two?
I leave that to you. I highly recommend this film to any art student, film student, or those looking for a film that touches the mind. Of course, if you're just looking for sex, the lovely Eva Green does spend quite some time in the nude.
 Too Slow... July 10, 2006
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
My husband and I couldn't get through this despite watching for over an hour. Lots of beautiful scenes and great acting, but we never got to the "meat" of the story. Bertolucci's work can be hard to watch, but that is not the case here- very easy on the eyes and not for those who don't go for sex in movies- quite graphic.
Great movie! July 8, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I got this movie because of the director (I am a fan of "The Last Emperor"). Once again, he doesn't disappoint! This is an extremely erotic movie and my husband and I love it. We will definitely watch it again soon.
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