Perfect Blue
Directed by:
Satoshi KonScreenplay:
Sadayuki MuraiCast:
Rica Matsumoto, Shin'ichirō Miki, Hideyuki Hori, Shinpachi Tsuji, Kishō Taniyama, Akio Suyama, Emi Motoi, Yōsuke Akimoto, Masashi Ebara, Emi Shinohara (more)Plots(1)
Pop singer Mima Kirigoe looks forward to a bright new career when she quits her chart-topping trio to become an actress. When she lands a role in a sexually-charged murder mystery, Mima's life begins to fall apart. Reality and hallucinations merge into a terrifying world where innocence is lost and dreams become nightmares. Quickly decending into a dangerous state of paranoid delusions, Mima watches as Internet sites appear describing every intimate detail of her life. She is helpless and afraid as her associates are threatened and killed by a mysterious stalker. (Anime Ltd)
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A cartoon psycho movie about a split personality with a hint of erotic can really be filmed only by a Japanese.
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Perfect Blue is a Japanese production that is a beautiful example of what adult anime movies look like, and I do not mean hentai or anything like that. I mean anime movies with adult themes and a hardcore narrative even without gore. A rape scene, even in an animated form, can really mess with the viewer, especially when you think about how it shatters dreams.
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Perfect Blue is no doubt the (un)acknowledged inspiration for some of Darren Aronofsky's best work (i.e. Requiem for a Dream and Black Swan) and a very thought-provoking contribution to the paranoid "schizothriller" subgenre overall. The unbridled desire to fulfill ambition regardless of the psychological and physical consequences is portrayed here without the slightest adornment, and the occasional horror motifs are pretty damn cool. [80%]
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