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IttakesasitsstartingpointtwoplaysbytheSpanishGoldenAgedramatist<br/> CalderóndelaBarca,whichRuizhaddirectedonthestage;bothofwhichwere<br/> calledLifeisaDreamandtellthesamestorybutindifferentways.Theoriginal<br/> playsconcernthesonoftheKingofPoland,whohasbeenimprisonedbyhis<br/> fatherbecauseitispredictedthathewilldeposehim.Onedaythekingorders<br/> thesleepingsontobebroughttothepalaceandgiventobelievethatheisking<br/> foraday,causinghissontobeconfusedaboutwhatisrealandwhatisadream.<br/> InRuiz’sfilm,aliteratureteacherhaslearnedbyheartthenamesof15,000<br/> militantsopposedtothemilitaryjuntainChilebymemorisingCalderón’splayand<br/> usingitasamnemonicdevice.Whenheiscaptured,hehastoforgeteverything<br/> soasnottobetrayhiscomrades,buttenyearslaterhetriestorecapturehis<br/> memorybyvisitingacinemashowingafilmbasedonLifeisaDream.Ruizuses<br/> thissettingtoexploreacomplexsetofrelationsdealingwithmemoryandthe<br/> layeringofreality.Thefilmisalsoabouttheexperienceofcinema,asthevirtuality<br/> ofthefilmisconfoundedwiththematerialityofthecinemaauditorium,<br/> whichbecomesaplaceinwhichthestoryisenacted.Forinstance,characterson<br/> atrain,whomweatfirsttaketobepartofthefilmtheteacheriswatching,are<br/> revealedtobeonamodeltrainsetthatrunsaroundthecinema,inwhichother<br/> strangethingsoccur:birdsflyaroundtheauditoriumandaWesternshoot-out<br/> takesplaceacrosstheseats.
