I know nothing with any certainty,
but the sight of stars makes me dream
- Vincent Van Gogh
I just saw "Shutter Island" with my dad, and it got me thinking of reality as a whole. In perspective, how can any of us be sure of whats real and what is not? What if everything we ever believed we were, or are is wrong? Any one of us could be walking around thinking "hey this is my life, this is my name, and this is what i do" and then if you look at the bigger picture you are actually a crazy person in an insane asylum never knowing the reality of the situation. Yes this movie was very similar to Vanilla Sky in the sense that it messes with your mind, with any certainty of your existance.
The curious part -spoiler coming up- is that at the end he realizes that he is crazy and finds his reality, but then pretends to stay crazy in order to be sentenced to death - because in reality he did this awful thing. He decided he'd rather die a good man insane rather than live in reality as a monster.
What if it's true: Life is but a dream
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