Tzoang Tzu, an ancient Chinese philosopher, once dreamed of himself becoming
a butterfly fluttering in the sky. But is it Tzoang Tzu dreaming to become a
butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming to become Tzoang Tzu?
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This story of " Dreams of Tzoang Tzu" we learned a long time as school
children. The idea is to question
" what is reality and what is imagined ".
Or as well said in
" Dream of the Red Chamber" that " 假作真時, 真亦假" .
Ladies and gentlemen,
Please do not worry, I have not gone nuts yet. I am not writing about
Chinese philosophy here, nothing serious and deadly at all.
I am merely referring to an interesting movie " Inception", a movie that is
essentially a mind game of the third degree.
How so ? Well, the movie is about a dream within a dream, and that dream is
also within a dream, i.e., three layers of dreams.
Now let us say that Tzoang Tzu dreams to be a butterfly, which dreams to be
Tzoang Tzu. In the third layer dream, the Tzoang Tzu in the second layer
dream dreams to be a butterfly again
Complicated ? yes, very. But this is only the beginning of the plot.
Time Magazines writes " Inception is like the coolest, toughest final
exam... ".
The challenge is really figuring out the plots/riddles of the movie , and
what is real and what is in the dream. Remember there are 3-layers of dreams
plus reality to deal with.
At the end of the movie, there is no penalty in failing the final exam, no
"F" grades will be given.
The only caveat is " when you walk out of the theater, and see bright
lights, you might NOT know if you are you, or you are in the dream of a
monkey head dreaming to be you."
Hahaha, enough of the nonsense.
In the movie, one of the two female characters is played by Marion Cotillard,
a French actress, who won the best actress Oscar in 2007, for her portray of
Edith Piaf in " La Vie En Rose ".
The theme song of " Inception" ?
Yes, you guessed it . It is " Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien".
Piaf's rendition of this song " Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien" ( No, I don't
regret anything) is attached here for your listening pleasure.
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