Paprika…to add a little spice
Paprika and her marching band
Okay, okay so I might be about three years behind everyone else in writing this post. But…Have you seen it?! Have you seen it?!
The most visually stunning piece of animation I’ve ever seen, Paprika was based on Yasutaka Tsutsui’s 1993 novel, and was directed by Satoshi Kon (Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers and Paranoia Agent). It seems that dreams is Satoshi’s thing…
Paprika delves into people’s dreams, and therapists being able to administer diagnoses based on the occurances that, well…occur in those dreams. An interested concept. They’d have a field day with my noggin!….But mummy, I don’t want to take the monkey from it’s steeple…zzzzz
The Soundtrack from Susumu Hirasawa is equally as stunning. ‘Parade’ sets an amazing frame and feel for the movie.
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