It is amazing how cultural differences come out in the strangest of places.
unique place to find cultural differences is the comparison of two movies from different.
countries. This process is aided when the two movies contain nearly the same plot and.
storyline. Abre Los Ojos and Vanilla Sky offer such a comparison. These movies tell.
nearly identical stories and even contain an actress in common. Much of the dialogue is.
lifted straight from the Spanish movie and placed into the American movie. How can.
movies of such similar structure vary so greatly? The answer lies in execution. Vanilla Sky.
is made in an American way using references to American popular culture. Abre Los Ojos,.
on the other hand, lacks this style of film-making and exhibits an edgier, racier, stranger.
movie. .
Vanilla Sky and Abre Los Ojos both tell the story of a man who, after losing.
everything, lives his life in a dream world. Cesar (or David in Vanilla Sky) is a successful.
businessman and playboy. He uses one woman, Nuria (or Julie) simply for physical.
pleasure. At his own birthday party, he meets another woman, Sofia. He goes with Sofia.
back to her apartment where he has an engaging evening with her. After talking the whole.
night with her, Cesar exits her apartment. While exiting her apartment, he is stopped by.
Nuria who forces him to go on a drive with her. In her car, she tells him that she really.
loves him. Saddened by the fact that Cesar does not love her in return, Nuria drives her.
car into a wall, killing herself and severely scaring Cesar. Cesar's face is now significantly.
disfigured. He goes to a night club with Sofia and his best friend Pelayo. This evening ends.
in disaster for him, passing out in the middle of the street. After that night, he never sees.
Sofia again. He signs up to be cryogenically frozen. His subconscious is put into a dream.
program that allows him to live out a dream life in his dreams. He kills himself using pills.