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KON ARTISTRY The master director sprinkles fantasy and reality in the mind-blowing anime Paprika
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Limited Release: May 25, 2007; Rated: R; Length: 90 Minutes; Genre: Animation; With: Toru Furuya and Megumi Hayashibara
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Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum is a film critic for EW
Fantasy leaks into reality, and an ominous, futuristic machine called the ''DC Mini'' lets one psychiatric institution's star researcher enter the dreams of her patients, where she takes the guise of the redheaded sprite who gives the intricate, adult anime Paprika its title: We're in the territory of Japanese virtuoso Satoshi Kon (Tokyo Godfathers). Kon mixes visual beauty with disorienting perspectives for a cautionary tale about machine-influenced soullessness and the persistent Japanese popular love of the cute. A-
Posted May 30, 2007
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