First off, just as Aronofsky used a liberal chunk of Perfect Blue as seeming inspiration for Black Swan, it would seem that Nolan did the same with Paprika for Inception. Not the plotline, of course, but many of the themes, motifs, and imagery are very similar.
I have to say that aside from it definitely being a Satoshi Kon film (he also reincorporates many of the same themes and motifs in everything I've seen of his), does it not seem as if more and more films are incorporating an examination of reality vs dreams, the fractured nature of reality, and seem to incorporate very similar collective ideas (in Inception and Paprika, Perfect Blue and Waking Life, there are scenes of floating or flying within some sort of dreamstate...a common piece of imagery, I know, and also very universal).
I'm not sure exactly what I'm trying to get across here, but more and more films seem to be focusing on the idea of leaving one's reality and crossing over into dreamstate, and then not being able to find a way back or confusing dreams for reality. Many of these ideas and themes seem to be pointing toward quote unquote astral projection, or the ability to leave one's body in unconscious (or spirit, if you choose to call it that) form. The sensation of floating and moving toward a white light (again, incorporated in Paprika, Waking Life, and even LOST) are hallmarks.
I guess it just seems to me that these types of films are being made with more and more frequency. I don't want to sound delusional or anything, but maybe there's a reason for that.
Also, Paprika was actually pretty disturbing for me, due to those themes, and how it resembled a really bad acid trip.
I have to say that aside from it definitely being a Satoshi Kon film (he also reincorporates many of the same themes and motifs in everything I've seen of his), does it not seem as if more and more films are incorporating an examination of reality vs dreams, the fractured nature of reality, and seem to incorporate very similar collective ideas (in Inception and Paprika, Perfect Blue and Waking Life, there are scenes of floating or flying within some sort of dreamstate...a common piece of imagery, I know, and also very universal).
I'm not sure exactly what I'm trying to get across here, but more and more films seem to be focusing on the idea of leaving one's reality and crossing over into dreamstate, and then not being able to find a way back or confusing dreams for reality. Many of these ideas and themes seem to be pointing toward quote unquote astral projection, or the ability to leave one's body in unconscious (or spirit, if you choose to call it that) form. The sensation of floating and moving toward a white light (again, incorporated in Paprika, Waking Life, and even LOST) are hallmarks.
I guess it just seems to me that these types of films are being made with more and more frequency. I don't want to sound delusional or anything, but maybe there's a reason for that.
Also, Paprika was actually pretty disturbing for me, due to those themes, and how it resembled a really bad acid trip.
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