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  Review by DirkH ★★★★½ 40

  Me and Stevie G on a Sci Fi spree

  Papurika = 8 letters
  Inception = 9 letters

  Difference = 1 letter
  Conclusion= Papurika and Inception are one.

  Papurika running time: 90 minutes
  Inception running time: 148 minutes
  90/148= 0.6

  Kon= 3 letters
  Nolan= 5 letters
  3/5= 0.6

  0.6/0.6= 1
  Conclusion Papurika and Inception are one.

  Release date Papurika: '06
  Release date Inception: '10
  6/10= 0.6

  Satoshi Kon = 10 letters
  Leonardo Dicaprio = 16 letters
  10/16= 0.6

  0.6/0.6= 1
  Conclusion Papurika and Inception are one.

  
  Definitive proof that Nolan is a plagiarising bastard.

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  Review by thom ★★★★ 2

  christopher nolan was found dead

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  Review by karsten ★★★★ 26

  For as vibrant as this film is with its imagery this is dark as hell, which is something I suppose is a norm for Satoshi Kon’s work.

  He looks at animation in a different way than what I’m used to. Sure he understands the possibilities that come with the medium in terms of interesting character design and abstract locations. But he also understands the ways at which you can use surrealism in a more naturalistic way. For as confusing as this was at times it always felt intentional and, more than anything, realistic. I wouldn’t even say I was confused, I was just lost. But in a cool way, ya know? 

  I think once I rewatch—because I’ve never been more positive that I missed most of the point—I’m sure I’ll love this even more.

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  Review by Underground Opera Singer ★★★★½ 4

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  Was confused by what the blu ray box meant by 'contains sexualised violence' until he stuck his fist in her vagina and reached all the way up to her brain and pulled her skin off.

  unrelated, this is a fucking masterpiece

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  Review by PTAbro ★★★★ 9

  Paprika hurt my brain, overloaded my senses, and was so unrelenting in stunning imagery and ideas that I barely grasped the plot, but can't wait to return to find out what I missed.

  Paprika is rightly praised for the ingenious way it imagines a dream world, and I think that leads to my favorite aspect of the film - even in a world that doesn't obey physical laws, every single item in it, from pieces of confetti to towering robots, all have a sense of weight to them. Even when the items are imaginary, everything in Paprika gives the illusion of gravity (sometimes exaggerated) and heft. Even when Paprika is riding a cloud, there is a real expectation that if…

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  Review by ScreeningNotes ★★★★★ 23

  "It was a truth that came from fiction."

  As an old favorite of mine and an easy contender for my top 10 most watched, I was incredibly blessed to see Paprika back on the big screen thanks to the wonderful Brattle Theater (they were also showing Sorcerer, but the large group of friends we assembled couldn't be arsed into seeing two movies on a Saturday night).

  My friends took me to see it back in 2006 when it came out, me with no idea what it was or how deeply I was about to fall in love. It proceeded to spend a great deal of time as my #1 favorite movie, until being ousted by Speed Racer and falling off…

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  Review by James (Schaffrillas) ★★★

  Hmm...I definitely vibed with the animation, sound design, direction, editing, all that good stuff. But to me, this lacked the emotional investment needed for one of these kinds of intentionally confusing and disorienting films to work. Perfect Blue managed to be more overwhelming to the senses AND more emotionally impactful by perfectly getting you into its protagonist's fractured headspace. This, by comparison, felt stretched in far too many directions for me to really connect with anything going on. I also don't really get the Inception comparisons - yes, people invade other people's dreams, but that's sort of where the plot similiarities end. Inception may lack an emotional core to some extent, but it has the benefit of an enthralling clear-cut…

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  Review by aaron ★★★★

  christopher nolan you are literally dust

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  Review by ♦️•Lily•💋 ★★★½ 2

  Christopher nolan you have some explaining to do bitch

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  Review by sour dee ★★½ 5

  2006 Ranked 👍

  An unashamedly unorthodox panorama of illusive imagery, Kon’s ambition of a film of the unification of dreams and intersubjective truth is cerebral and downright amusing.

  Paprika is far from being empty in terms of thematic profoundness, but hollow in terms of emotional investment. The strength of unfathomable surrealist films comes from our empathy and authentic connection to the narrative’s protagonist whom we can comfortably hang on our uncanny explorations to, and unlike Perfect Blue (1997), this one fails to attain that significant element. A film can be captivating for numerous reasons, but only if there’s something for us to grasp onto.

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  Review by liam f ★★★★ 1

  Satoshi Kon? more like Sensory Overload

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  Review by CatinmyBrain ★★★★★ 2

  One third of the average human experience is spent in a dream.

  When you factor in day-dreaming, fantasies, masturbation, role-playing, recreational drugs and artistic expression, you could say that a good deal of us spend most of our lives living outside of the world that we consider to be 'real'.

  And for most of us, that is not nearly enough time.

  To this end, enter the master of psychological anime Satoshi Kon with his last (and I feel his best) movie PAPRIKA.

  Satoshi Kon transcended the conventions of not only Anime, but of film itself.

  He was (and remains) an astonishing talent.

  Satoshi Kon effortlessly changed genres like the common person changes his clothes. He tackled everything from Slasher Movies…