83. Paprika (2006)
In Brazil, Sam chases his dreams. In Inception, dreams are visited. In Paprika, the line between dream and reality
evaporates.
In order to provide therapy for patients,
dreams are viewed and eventually enter the real world. But this becomes problematic, as the dream
world is, at best, a cracked reflection of the real world, and our own personas
in dreams are unlike who we are in reality.
In dreams, even our desires and ambitions are warped and unlike our
awake selves.
Should there be no separation between dream
and reality, it would be as if our evil twins came to life, accomplishing feats
we would not wish to see out of our dreams.
But who can say that it is not ourselves? Should we do an evil act in a dream, we can
say that it was “only” a dream. But if
dream becomes reality, then are we not the source of the evil act, and should
we not be held responsible?
No, let it never be. Let our dreams remain in their own ethereal,
nebulous world, where they belong, mysterious and unknowable.
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