X-Message-Number: 18197 Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 07:54:21 -0800 From: Natasha Vita-More <> Subject: Re: CryoNet #18184 - #18193 > >From: Charles Platt <> > >So here is the entire basis for this very silly movie. It is one >Now a few questions for those who have seen the movie: > >1. Does anyone understand the title? What does Monet have to do with >anything in the film? Monet's work is of the Impressionist genre (characterized by concentration on the immediate visual impression produced by a scene). The dream simulated environment could be deemed to be Impressionist, although there are clearly some handicaps with this in that it lacked the type of metaphoric brush stroke. Nevertheless, VR or other simulated environments could be placed in a neo-Impressionistic genre. >2. Why does Tom Cruise stop shaving half way through? Dream state. >3. How does the initial sequence relate to anything? Supposedly at this >point he has not entered his Lucid Dreaming cycle. So why is this initial >dream relevant? Why does he drive a Ferrari in the dream? Because Ferrari >paid for product placement? His dream state reflects what he wanted, liked and was afraid of. This might be a better association: Impressionism - "A literary style characterized by the use of details and mental associations to evoke subjective and sensory impressions rather than the re-creation of objective reality." I think this is spot on, don't you? >4. Is the resemblance of the older male cryonicist Fred Chamberlain purely >coincidental? Which one? (I guess I didn't see a resemblance -:)) >5. Is the resemblance of the red-haired female cryonicist in the New York >headquarters to Linda Chamberlain purely coincidental? Again, I didn't notice any resemblance. I believe she is an actress on the rise and probably took this part because of the director and the association with well-known actors. Thanks for your observations Charles. Natasha Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=18197