Review of Paprika
Paprika. It's a a magnificent film raises a question of dreams. More precisely part of the dream, names REM sleep, when the most colorful and emotional dreams accure, also dreams taking place in the slow parts of sleep, but they are shorter and less emotionally colored.In general, there are three main theories of dreams: Sigmund Freud's, Carl Jung's and the concept that sleep is a kind of encrypted message pertaining to the future of person and his entourage sent by some higher beings. I only know the name and the basic provisions of these concepts, so I won't stay on them. Let us turn tothe film itself.If you haven't seen this movie, i strongly recommend not to read any reviews on it.But i'll try to avoid spoiling a lot.
From the very first moments of the film, I was shocked in some sense. Full surrealism of what is happening makes me almost irresistible urge to jump ahead a bit and peek or rather steal from myself at least some shred of explanation about what is happening. And yes, the first couple of minutes my facial expression unconsciously express the phrase "What the hell is going on here? '.However, all quickly rises on the places:
Childish and boundless genius inventor (Kosaku Tokita) was created DC Mini, a device that allows people to watch other people's dreams. This device is used illegally by Paprika, Chiba Atsuko's(dispassionate and balanced head of the development team DC Mini) alter ego is a playful girl that guides others through their dreams in the experimental psychotherapy treatment.One of them is a detective Konakawa Toshimi, the protagonist of this action, which is trying to deal via paprika with a torturing him sleep. Further the narrative adventures of these characters in dreams and reality, and on their facet await us.Further analysis of the plot isn't necessary.
The overall plot is quite clear and consistent, the characters are extremely well developed, the animation is simply gorgeous, well and sound, as for me, let us down a little.
The main ideas of the film, I would name:
-Creation of human hands are not in themselves neither good nor bad, but they can only be employed by people as a tool to achieve their own goals, meet the ambitions of power, or just wreak havoc under the guise of different ideas.Invetors also quite often lack of understanding and not divining the long-playing effects and attitude to their creations by public.
Perhaps the most famous example illustrating this may be an conviction of the society invention of dynamite after a false obituary that was an incitement to the establishment by Alfred Nobel, through the testament, universally known Prize, awarded irrespective of nationality, on the money earned by them mainly due to the production and sale invented by him dynamite.
-Even the most it would seem minor facts and details that can simply be forgotten or consciously and unconsciously, are excluded from the memory may well play a determining significance in the life of man.
This paragraph i also have seen in the previously wathced work of Kon Satoshi.
Thank you for your attention and time.