
Film Matters: Please tell us about your article that is being published in Film Matters.
Leandra Djomo: My article “Daydreaming” focuses on the distortion of identity caused by VR technology in Satoshi Kon’s 2006 film Paprika and how that distortion serves as a way to escape reality. What attracted me to this film were the fun colors and the ultimate confusion that came with trying to understand where reality began and where fiction ended. I found this confusion to be horrific, and as a horror fanatic, I wanted to explore this sentiment further. Although, Paprika is certainly not considered a horror film.
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