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Paprika [UMD for PSP] | ![Paprika [UMD for PSP]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EP0aAmYHL._SL160_.jpg)
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Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.94
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Rating:  67 reviews
Sales Rank: 53409
Format: Animated, Color, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Japanese (Original Language), English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: UMD for PSP
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 90 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 4.1 x 0.2
MPN: DU20867
UPC: 043396208674
EAN: 0043396208674
ASIN: B000VWYJ6I
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Release Date: November 27, 2007
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Based on a novel by the noted Japanese science fiction writer Yasutaka Tsutui, the brilliant and unsettling feature Paprika continues director Satoshi Kon's exploration of the disturbingly permeable boundaries between dreams and reality. Techno-geek Kosaku Tokita invented the DC Mini to allow therapists to enter a patient's dreams and explore his unconscious, but an evil cabal uses the Mini to create a mass nightmare that causes multiple suicides. Psychotherapist Atsuko Chiba uses her alter-identity, "dream detective" Paprika, to intervene. Entering the nightmare, she witness a bizarre parade of appliances, toys, and kitsch objects: All of her intelligence and imagination are needed to escape this nightmare and its perpetrators. As he did in Millennium Actress and Paranoia Agent, Kon effortlessly carries the audience between reality and fantasy, confirming his reputation as one of the most talented and interesting directors working in animation today. (Rated R: violence, violence against women, grotesque imagery, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon
Product Description
Prepare to enter the realm of fantasy and imagination where reality and dreams collide in a kaleidoscopic mindscape of sheer visual genius. The magical tale centers on a revolutionary machine that allows scientists to enter and record a subject's dream. After being stolen, a fearless detective and brilliant therapist join forces to recover the device before it falls into the hands of a dream terrorist in this gripping anime thriller from acclaimed director Satoshi Kon.
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 Think the movie The Cell with a little Matrix throw in October 27, 2008
K. Eckert (Minneapolis, MN)
This was a great movie. I am a big anime fan but not usually too big on this style of animation or this type of anime.
The premise of the movie is that a device has been developed that can be used to give people therapy through their dreams (think the movie The Cell). When one of these devices gets stolen suddenly strange things start happening. What happens if a dream becomes a virus and spreads? Suddenly everyone thinks their dreams are reality and their dreams become reality (a bit of the Matrix here).
This is something that could only be done with animation. The movie can get a tad bit confusing at times as to what is real reality and what is the dream reality. Towards the end of the movie it is impossible to distinguish between the two; but that's really the point.
The animation was very good, although not my favorite style. The style was a bit too bright and childlike for what I normally like. The writing was very well done as was the storyline.
The movie kept you hanging on until the end, holding your breath as to what would happen.
The really special thing about this movie is the greater question it asks the watchers. If everyone believes something is reality does that make it real? If you are the only person who knows that the current reality isn't real what does that make you?
This was an entertaining and thought provoking movie.
I HATE ANIME but loved Paprika! October 23, 2008
Georgia C. (Boston, MA USA)
Totally great fun - also great for people who might not ordinarily do anime, like me. Definitely not in the least predictable.
basic, basic plot: Prototype machine used by psychotherapists to access clients' dreams for treatment gets stolen, hallucinogenic havoc ensues with dreams going haywire for everyone. Who's behind it, and why?
The animation is beautiful, and the colors are lovely. I caught the regular DVD, not high-def, and I was very happy with it. Good subtitles. It's a bit sci-fi but I think the mystery of dreaming - and the hope that dreaming holds some key to our own internal issues - is universally appealing, so don't be put off by the machine stuff.
nudity: Some nudity which occurs in a threatening situation, but nothing x-rated or sketchy. I'd say 12 and up, if you want to show it to a kid.
Leaves you speachless October 13, 2008
Shawn Brown (Japan, aomori)
Rarely do you see a movie that just takes you breath away. I was left sitting in my living room just sitting in the dark after the credits rolled. It must have been 5 min. where I was just staring off into space when finaly I said "WOW!!". Truly amazing. Great story, amazing animation, superb sound track. As soon as the opening title rolled I knew this was something special. Buy it! Share it! Watch it over and over!
 ANIME_LOVER October 13, 2008
Mario R. Talamantes Jr.
visually, i really like this movie, my first time watching a blu ray and all i can say is WOW! I watched it on my ps3 and want to purchase more blu ray animation. as for the movie, I like more action, something like bersek. thats why i gave 4 stars. i wanted to watch something different thats why i gave this movie a try. im not disappointed, and i dont regret the purchase:)
Insanely complex, but supremely captivating, movie October 1, 2008
Prometheus
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having seen Paprika only once, I'm putting down my first impressions on what may be a masterpiece of anime. I think the film will probably demand at least two more viewings just to get anywhere near an idea of what's going on, let alone to sort out the plot.
Paprika starts within a dream, and after the first viewing I'm not sure if the movie ever leaves the dream world for any semblence of the real world. There seems to be a reality within the movie, but all too often it merges with what is certainly a dream world. Don't get me wrong, this is not a bad thing, but it is intensely complicated because there's no way to be sure that there's any sort of reality to hold onto.
There is a plot which has to do with the stealing of a device that helps people enter other peoples' dreams. My question, at this point, is whether the device (which appears both within a dream and in the supposed 'real world') actually even exists in the film's 'real world' or whether it is just a figment of one of the characters' dreams.
The film seems to be exploring the boundaries of what's real, in the same way that movies like The Thirteenth Floor and, to a lesser extent, The Matrix do. However, while those other movies do reach a definite 'reality' during the course of the film, I'm not at all sure that Paprika does the same. Before seeing Paprika I had watched Millennium Actress by the same director, but while Millennium Actress is more complex than most movies it is simplistic in comparison to Paprika.
Perhaps at this point I'm trying to over-analyze the film. Maybe I should just let it wash over me for a couple of viewings and just go with the flow. It may also be that there is not supposed to be any certain interpretation, and it may be that, like a dream, it has many possible interpretations.
I'm both looking forward to - and dreading - my second viewing of this very interesting film. I'm looking forward to it in the hope that I can figure out another 10% of what the film is all about, and I'm dreading it because I may find that what I thought I knew might be completely wrong, and I might end up knowing less about the film than I think I already know. Either way though, this film experience will have been well worth the money I paid for the DVD.
This movie will not be enjoyed by folks who want to sit down and relax their brain for 90 minutes while mindless action and explosions happen onscreen - i.e. it's not for fans of Michael Bay blockbusters, but it's essential viewing for folks who are not afraid to have a film give the organ that sits between their ears a darned good workout.
Regarding the DVD itself (I bought the Blu-Ray version), the film features three or four previews, a director's commentary (which I haven't listened to yet for fear of it giving away too many spoilers), a 'making of' documentary, as well as a 'conversation about the dream' between the people behind the movie (the writer of the original novel, the film's director and the two main actors). Also, there are the usual storyboard comparisons that they throw onto DVDs whenever there's extra space, which I must admit I never bother with.
The image and sound are good, although I felt the dubbed version (which I listened to) needed subtitles in a couple of places when a crowd was shouting in unison. Since subtitles can be switched on and off easily this was no problem. One thing I noticed is that the subtitles are very different from the dub, so it's hard to watch the film in English with English subtitles - it's almost as if you get two stories, so since I don't understand Japanese I'm not sure which is better - though I suspect the subtitles are closer to the director's original intent. The film is anamorphic 1.85:1, enhanced for widescreen TVs.
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