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In 2035, most of humanity has been wiped out by a virus, while the few remaining survivors live out a miserable existence underground. A team of scientists recruits prisoner James Cole (Bruce Willis) for a time-travel experiment to return to the past, in search of a cure. Sent to the wrong year, Cole soon finds himself in a mental hospital, where his only ally is a deranged fellow patient (Brad Pitt). Dense with film references and dark humor, and fueled by Pitt's manic performance, Twelve Monkeys is a funny, frightening sci-fi noir. As in his previous Brazil, Terry Gilliam presents a paranoid vision of the future, where technology and scientific progress have led to social collapse.

n the not-too-distant future, rogue psychotherapist Dr. Atsuko Chiba uses a revolutionary device called the DC Mini to enter her patient's dreams, appearing as her alter ego Paprika. When a prototype is stolen, she dives into the dream world to find the culprit before minds are destroyed. Satoshi Kon's bizarre and beautiful swansong brings this brainy premise to colorful and vivid life, filling the frame with hallucinatory imagery.

Filmmaker Genya and his cameraman Kyoji seek out reclusive, retired film star Chiyoko to interview her for a documentary. Returning a mysterious key that Chiyoko lost decades ago, Genya prompts the actress to recall her career and the great romance that drove it. As her story unfolds, the lines between cinema and real life begin to merge. Satoshi Kon's exhilarating love letter to cinema is inspired by the lives of Japanese screen legends Setsuko Hara and Hideko Takamine.