Anyway, besides my own penchant for hearing iconic tunes blasted through the multi-million pound speaker system of the cinema, the Vanilla Sky soundtrack is a crucial, much-loved listen because it captures the central tenets of the film – of life never being “as sweet without the sour”, and the idea that reality can be recreated “with the romantic abandon of a summer day… or a pop song you always loved” – in an exhilarating wide-screen affection that punctures each and every time.įor those born without even the slightest desire to see a film featuring Tom Cruise, Vanilla Sky’s plot is as follows. But also sometimes the most obvious things in life are the best, and only blinded contrarians choose not to like things that are good. Well, yes (the soundtrack includes R.E.M, The Beach Boys and Bob Dylan among others). Wah, wah, wah – is this not an obvious choice, I hear you ask. And it’s also (if we hadn’t already written about Adventureland or The Beach ) my favourite soundtrack. Featuring Tom Cruise as David Ames, Cameron Diaz as his frustrated “fuck buddy” Julianna Gianni, and Penélope Cruz as Sofia Serrano (who reprises her role), it is the 2002 English-language adaptation of Alejandro Amenábar's Abre los Ojos (translation: open your eyes). This switch between a dream and real-life is the opening scene to Cameron Crowe’s Vanilla Sky – a film that deviates between nightmare, fantasy, delusion, and is largely understood to take place in a lucid dream state. “Open your eyes”, it says, and David is brought back to reality.
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