DVD | Dolls

Dolls is a visually stunning, if somewhat hard to follow tale of love and tragedy. Or rather three intersecting stories that make one complete experience.

Cult director Takeshi Kitano uses the concept of traditional bunraku puppet theatre as the entry and exit point of this journey and at one point merges the two into one. Whilst this approach makes for a rather hard start to the whole experience, it does help it finish on a cliff-hanger.

These three stories show how love can be the strongest force in the universe, through three very different approaches, the first two being formed around men who have ignored their real love for career enhancement, only to realise later their mistake and try to rectify it no matter the personal cost to them. The last story revolves around how far someone will go to show the love they have for someone who is essentially a stranger.