# The use of "One of Us" in Vanilla Sky

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-one-of-us-in-vanilla-sky/644583>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 19, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-one-of-us-in-vanilla-sky/644583 "2012-12-19T22:43:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-one-of-us-in-vanilla-sky/644583/1 "2012-12-19T22:43:14Z")

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I re-watched Vanilla Sky for the first time in years today. I sort of understood the plot; from what I can tell, he was put into cryogenesis after the nightclub scene, and everything after that was a dream. 150 years have passed in real time, and the end of the movie is him finally waking up. But I was wondering about the significance of the song “One of Us”, which is scattered throughout the movie. Is it because he’s the “God” of his own fantasy world?

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-one-of-us-in-vanilla-sky/644583/2 "2012-12-20T00:14:08Z")

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That, and he probably set it up as an auditory cue to subconsciously remind him that he’s in a dream.

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-one-of-us-in-vanilla-sky/644583/3 "2012-12-20T23:44:04Z")

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You spent time rewatching that thing? I’m still trying to get back the first two hours I wasted on it. And then the two hours I spent watching \*\*Abre Los Ojos \*\*when I didn’t realize it was the same movie. (I know, that was my own fault.)