If it looks familiar, that's because it's from the same director who made Perfect Blue back in 1997.

inception also reminded me of avalon;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0FVxXGt9xM
cyberpunk dealing with virtual worlds but still much of the same ideas

How about if you loved Paprika? Do you have to see Inception, or did the former pretty much cover it?
Don't remember Osanai saying any of those things in the Japanese version. He seems hammy in this version

@9547bis I forgot about that, I would give Perfect Blue higher rating than Paprika.

@Gabe_b I watched Inception over the weekend and I wouldn't categorize it as a "must see". It was cluttered with too much content and not enough attention given to pasting information delivery. Paprika is not bloated and has much more mystery.