Paprika is a 2006 Japanese animated science fiction film directed by Satoshi Kon and based on the 1993 novel of the same name by Yasutaka Tsutsui. It follows a device that allows therapists to enter patients' dreams, and the chaos that follows when it is stolen and used to blur the line between dreams and waking reality. The film was Kon's fourth and final completed feature before his death in 2010, and it has been named among Time magazine's best animated films of all time. Its imagery of dreams invading reality is widely noted by critics as a clear forerunner to Christopher Nolan's 2010 film Inception.
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Why is Paprika often compared with Inception?
Both films center on entering dreams through technology; some critics see an influence on Inception.
Both films are built around a technology that lets people enter dreams. In Paprika, the technology is a device called the DC Mini, set in a near-future Japan, which allows users to interact with their dreams and the dreams of others. Some critics, including the notes for the film at the IFC Center, say it is hard not to notice an influence on Christopher Nolan's Inception. That is a critical judgment about resemblance, not a settled account of what inspired Inception.
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Paprika is a 2006 Japanese animated science fiction film directed by Satoshi Kon and based on the 1993 novel of the same name by Yasutaka Tsutsui.
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2006 Montreal Festival of New Cinema | Public's Choice Award | Satoshi Kon | won
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2007 Fantasporto | Critics Choice Award (Premio da Critica) | won
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2007 Newport Beach Film Festival | Feature Film Award for Best Animation | won
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Paprika (Japanese: パプリカ, Hepburn: Papurika) is a 2006 Japanese animated surrealist science fiction psychological thriller film
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Paprika (Japanese: パプリカ, Hepburn: Papurika) is a 2006 Japanese animated surrealist science fiction psychological thriller film directed by Satoshi Kon, who co-wrote the screenplay with Seishi Minakami.. It is based on the 1993 novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui.
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science fiction psychological thriller film directed by Satoshi Kon, who co-wrote the screenplay with Seishi Minakami.. It is based on the 1993 novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui.
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