Dreamster (2022) User Reviews

Unnerving mind-bender

[jorun-moden · 10/10 · 5 February 2022]

Would we be ready to let others tread on our dreams for money and fame? As in the best of SciFi, "Dreamster" is not just an exciting idea (that dreams can be livestreamed), but also forces the viewer to ask themselves "what if I were in the same situation", either as a subject or as a viewer.

Great acting, especially by Yohanna Idha (Sara Jayden) and Kola Krauze (Randall Williams). I love how the movie is cut into a puzzle that may be interpreted in several ways. The theme is not just how dreams may be abused, but also human beings; Sara Jayden is caught in a nightmare only to live another one.

Since Philip K. Dick wrote his short story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale", there have been a number of dream-themed scifi movies, yet none quite like Dreamster.

"Who's gonna wanna see this?" Sara Jayden asks. Not only the fans of "Strange Days", "The Matrix" and "Inception", but also those who enjoy stories with a darker twist.

the lure

[Kirpianuscus · 5 May 2023]

First, I saw it as a portrait of compromise of stars to accept the violation of their intimacy for publicity reasons undrv the pressure of manager.

And, indeed, it is just a short film, very pricise crafted, about manipulation.

And little more.

First , because it propose a fair portrait of starsystem implacable rules, a malefic trap , a form of exploitation and compromising of the other.

And this cruelty form is present in so clear manner.

Sure, for viewer it has the chance to represent, for the simple if I am in this situation, a provocative lure. But, more significative, it works as good remind of significant aspects defining near reality.