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** Not to mention <i> how </i> the skin is peeled off. Literal [[Mind Rape]]. There should be a trigger warning at the beginning of the film, honestly.
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** Not to mention <i> how </i> ''how'' the skin is peeled off. Literal [[Mind Rape]].MindRape. There should be a trigger warning at the beginning of the film, honestly.
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** Not to mention <i> how </i> the skin is peeled off. Literal [[Mind Rape]]. There should be a trigger warning at the beginning of the film, honestly.
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* Much is said about Chiba and Tokita's supposedly 'unprompted' romance, but when you consider the way that cinema is used to understand and navigate dream logic (I.E. using movie theatres to cross into different dreams, Paprika explaining deep REM sleep as a 'feature film,') it makes sense that the film expects you to see Chiba with Konakawa. He's not only used to seeing the world in the perspective of movies, but as a cop in a mystery film he's obviously set up as the 'main character'. He and Paprika have the classic meet cute, story arc together, and all the tropes associated with budding romance... from Konakawa's perspective. But from Chiba's, he's just one of Paprika's clients and much of her time spent on screen is spent either talking up Tokita's talent or worrying about his safety. In dreams and movie logic it just makes sense that the manic pixie dream girl will hook up with the tortured cop protagonist, but in real life Chiba has a relationship that the audience isn't privy to and doesn't fall into a satisfying narrative.
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* Much is said about Chiba and Tokita's supposedly 'unprompted' romance, but when you consider the way that cinema is used to understand and navigate dream logic (I.E. using movie theatres to cross into different dreams, Paprika explaining deep REM sleep as a 'feature film,') it makes sense that the film expects you to see Chiba with Konakawa. He's not only used to seeing the world in the perspective of movies, but as a cop in a mystery film he's obviously set up as the 'main character'. He and Paprika have the classic meet cute, story arc together, and all the tropes associated with budding romance... from Konakawa's perspective. But from Chiba's, he's just one of Paprika's clients and much of her time spent on screen is spent either talking up Tokita's talent or worrying about his safety. In dreams and movie logic it just makes sense that the manic pixie dream girl will hook up with the tortured cop protagonist, but in real life Chiba has a relationship that the audience isn't privy to Chiba's wants and doesn't relationships don't fall as neatly into a satisfying narrative.
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* Much is said about Chiba and Tokita's supposedly 'unprompted' romance, but when you consider the way that cinema is used to understand and navigate dream logic (I.E. using movie theatres to cross into different dreams, Paprika explaining deep REM sleep as a 'feature film,') it makes sense that the film expects you to see Chiba with Konakawa. He's not only used to seeing the world in the perspective of movies, but as a cop in a mystery film he's obviously set up as the 'main character'. He and Paprika have the classic meet cute, story arc together, and all the tropes associated with budding romance... from Konakawa's perspective. But from Chiba's, he's just one of Paprika's clients and much of her time spent on screen is spent either talking up Tokita's talent or worrying about his safety. In dreams and movie logic it just makes sense that the manic pixie dream girl will hook up with the tortured cop protagonist, but in real life Chiba has a relationship that the audience isn't privy to and doesn't fall into a satisfying narrative.
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* Similarily, Shima is woken up from his dream but what is very clearly meant to illustrate Chiba causing him to ejaculate (down to the usage of a very common piece od dream imagery: his body swelling and exploding). Ejaculation during a wet dream almost always results in a man waking up.
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* Similarily, Shima is woken up from his dream but by what is very clearly meant to illustrate Chiba causing him to ejaculate (down to the usage of a very common piece od of dream imagery: his body swelling and exploding). Ejaculation during a wet dream almost always results in a man waking up.
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* When Chiba first meets Tokita in the elevator, he looks far bigger in relation to her than he does in following scenes. Artistic use of perspective? Animation limitations? Lack of internal artistic consistency? [[spoiler: No. It's because meeting him in the elevator was actually Chiba's dream.]]
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* When Chiba first meets Tokita in the elevator, he looks far bigger in relation to her than he does in following scenes. Artistic use of perspective? Animation limitations? Lack of internal artistic consistency? [[spoiler: No. It's because meeting him in the elevator was actually Chiba's dream.]]
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* In the room where [[spoiler: Osanai]] peels the skin off [[spoiler: Paprika/Chiba]], there are hundreds of dead butterflies under the glass. [[spoiler: Paprika]] is wearing butterfly wings during this scene. [[SerialKiller You do the math]].
* While it's glossed over, this film probably has a very high body count. Dozens of businessmen jumped off of a skyscraper, presumably falling to their deaths. We also don't see what happened to the two doctors who were driven insane by the DC Mini and later hospitalized. And Himuro's condition still looks bleak, as well; he's most likely either dead or still in a coma. To say nothing of the ''giant gaping hole'' in the middle of the city...
* While it's glossed over, this film probably has a very high body count. Dozens of businessmen jumped off of a skyscraper, presumably falling to their deaths. We also don't see what happened to the two doctors who were driven insane by the DC Mini and later hospitalized. And Himuro's condition still looks bleak, as well; he's most likely either dead or still in a coma. To say nothing of the ''giant gaping hole'' in the middle of the city...
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* In the room where [[spoiler: Osanai]] Osanai peels the skin off [[spoiler: Paprika/Chiba]], Paprika/Chiba, there are hundreds of dead butterflies under the glass. [[spoiler: Paprika]] Paprika is wearing butterfly wings during this scene. [[SerialKiller You do the math]].
* While it's glossed over, this film probably has a very high body count. Dozens of businessmen jumped off of a skyscraper, presumably falling to their deaths. We also don't see what happened to the two doctors who were driven insane by the DC Mini and later hospitalized. And Himuro's condition still looks bleak, as well; he's most likely either dead or still in a coma. To say nothing of the ''giant gaping hole'' in the middle of thecity...city...
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* Chiba's first foray into the DreamWorld is interrupted by her falling in real life. Also known as: myoclonic jerk.
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* Chiba's first foray into the DreamWorld DreamLand is interrupted by her falling in real life. Also known as: myoclonic jerk.
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* When Chiba first meets Tokita in the elevator, he looks far bigger in relation to her than he does in following scenes. Artistic use of perspective? Animation limitations? Lack of internal artistic consistency? [[spoiler: No. It's because meeting him in the elevator was actually Chiba's dream.]]
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* Similarily, Shima is woken up from his dream but what is very clearly meant to illustrate Chiba causing him to ejaculate (down to the usage of a very common piece od dream imagery: his body swelling and exploding). Ejaculation during a wet dream almost always results in a man waking up.
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* Initially the opening sequence doesn't seem to make any sense, because Paprika's location keeps shifting constantly with no obvious transition - for example, she goes from riding a moped to being a decal of a woman riding a rocket on the side of a truck, Paprika flies into the sky on the rocket, and then suddenly she's on a billboard, etc. The brilliance comes when you realise this is exactly how dreams work - locales and positions and even points of view constantly shift in a dream. For example, you might go from dreaming about being a person in a movie to being a person ''watching'' the movie [[NoFourthWall with no transition you can logically recall]]. In this sense, the opening sequence of ''Paprika'' is probably one of the most realistic depictions of dream logic ever put to film.
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* In the room where [[spoiler: Osanai]] peels the skin off [[spoiler: Paprika/Chiba]], there are hundreds of dead butterflies under the glass. [[spoiler: Paprika]] is wearing butterfly wings during this scene. [[SerialKiller You do the math]].
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* In the room where [[spoiler: Osanai]] peels the skin off [[spoiler: Paprika/Chiba]], there are hundreds of dead butterflies under the glass. [[spoiler: Paprika]] is wearing butterfly wings during this scene. [[SerialKiller You do the math]].math]].
* While it's glossed over, this film probably has a very high body count. Dozens of businessmen jumped off of a skyscraper, presumably falling to their deaths. We also don't see what happened to the two doctors who were driven insane by the DC Mini and later hospitalized. And Himuro's condition still looks bleak, as well; he's most likely either dead or still in a coma. To say nothing of the ''giant gaping hole'' in the middle of the city...
* While it's glossed over, this film probably has a very high body count. Dozens of businessmen jumped off of a skyscraper, presumably falling to their deaths. We also don't see what happened to the two doctors who were driven insane by the DC Mini and later hospitalized. And Himuro's condition still looks bleak, as well; he's most likely either dead or still in a coma. To say nothing of the ''giant gaping hole'' in the middle of the city...
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* Chiba's first foray into the DreamWorld is interrupted by her falling in real life. Also known as: myoclonic jerk.
!!FridgeHorror
* In the room where [[spoiler: Osanai]] peels the skin off [[spoiler: Paprika/Chiba]], there are hundreds of dead butterflies under the glass. [[spoiler: Paprika]] is wearing butterfly wings during this scene. [[SerialKiller You do the math]].
* Chiba's first foray into the DreamWorld is interrupted by her falling in real life. Also known as: myoclonic jerk.
!!FridgeHorror
* In the room where [[spoiler: Osanai]] peels the skin off [[spoiler: Paprika/Chiba]], there are hundreds of dead butterflies under the glass. [[spoiler: Paprika]] is wearing butterfly wings during this scene. [[SerialKiller You do the math]].
