Movie: Paprika

[amedia]

I promised to post something about this movie when I saw it a couple of months ago, and I'm finally getting around to doing it!

This was a Japanese anime movie aimed at adults, and it was awesomely philosophical. It's about a company that uses dream-viewing technology as a kind of psychoanalytic tool, and it explores the notion of dreaming on many levels, from the actual dreams people have when they're asleep, to daydreaming/fantasizing, envisioning the future, watching movies, creating movies, visiting cyberspace, playing video games, and so on. It gracefully juggles ideas of randomness and control and plays with cosmos and chaos in an unusually creative way. I highly, highly recommend it.

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[nonniemous.livejournal.com]

Eldest watched that and couldn't stop talking about it for days. he really wanted me to check it out, and I just didn't have time. Have to put on the viewing list for the summer.

[amedia.livejournal.com]

I think you'd like it!