Arizona Dream (1994)

This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Dreamy Dream About the DreamArizona Dream' seems and feels like a dream itself. The film starts with beautiful dream sequence that is discussed by the characters many times throughout the movie, also the elements from the dream that seem to be escaped into 'real' world carry much significance, but never feel distracting or out of place. It is probably one of the strangest movies of all times that is also a masterful piece of serious filmmaking (yeah, take that David Lynch). Weird moments and peculiar scenes change with scenes that are realistic and dramatically masterful, but without any drastic change in the overall mood of the film. Subtle humor is mixed with laugh out loud absurd moments while there are enough well thought out drama and tragedy. The realism ties the peculiarities into one, and the peculiarities tie the realism into one. The surrealistic cinematic landscape is covered with fantastic music by Goran Bregovich, and of course superb performances by Johnny Depp and Faye Dunaway supported by wonderful cast of Jerry Lewis, Lili Taylor and Vincent Gallo.'Arizona Dream' might not be for everyone's taste, but it is one of the strangest great films of all times.

Arizona DreamThis was filmed before both Benny & Joon and What's Eating Gilbert Grape, but then sat on the shelf for two years, before finally getting a limit released.Some movies only work if you are willing to suspend disbelief. Since I believe in worlds where a man can fly, shooting oxygen tanks can blow sharks up, one man can take down an entire army and galaxy's far, far away that's obviously not a problem for me. This is one such movie. Like most of Depp's brilliant work back then, this slipped through the cracks.It's a movie where you have no idea what will happen next, we see Ambulances to the moon, turtles, thunderstorms, suicide by bungee cord and Depp counting fish, or is he listening to their dreams??There is no predictability or by the numbers nonsense here. You really do not know where it's headed.. Depp is great and is ably backed up by the legends that are Jerry Lewis, and Faye Dunnaway. I suspect Hollywood loathe to make movies like this. Letting a director have full creative control and freedom to put his vision up on the screen. Arizona Dream grossed $122,000 during its limited release.

An Innuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Meanwhile, Axel (Johnny Depp) tags fish in New York as a naturalist's gofer.This is the sort of strange film that made Johnny Depp famous. In fact, it is arguably even ore strange because rather than the weird, dark Gothic world of Tim Burton, it is more of a surreal world where all the pieces may not necessarily even make sense. What does an Innuit have to do with a used Cadillac lot? Not much. How about Papua New Guinea and a new bride? Not much.Although this movie is apparently not well known today (2015), perhaps it should be. Depp does quite well, Jerry Lewis is expertly cruel, and Vincent Gallo steals the show with a very Quentin Tarantino-esque performance (though predating Tarantino).

Emir's first movie in the United States "Arizona Dream" is a magnificent movie that wrongfully never got the credit it undoubtedly deserved.As a matter of fact it is one of his most underrated movies.Personally i esteem Arizona Dream as Kusturica's best movie as well as one of the best movies of all time.It is about the dreams people have,the everyday routine that drives everyone crazy,as well as the most difficult issue in life:the human relationships...Arizona Dream is an original,pure,pristine masterpiece.An ode to every man's sensorineural.Just let yourself feel the magic of this epic and just keep on dreaming...