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Perfect Blue

The color of illusion is Perfect Blue.

A retired pop singer turned actress' sense of reality is shaken when she is stalked by an obsessed fan and seemingly a ghost of her past.

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Pāfekuto Burū, 藍色恐懼, Истинная грусть, Pafekuto buru, Paafekuto buruu, 퍼펙트 블루, 蓝色恐惧, The Perfect Blue, 未麻的部屋, Perfect Blue (JP)

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Intense violence and sexual transgression Horror, the undead and monster classics Thrillers and murder mysteries horror, creepy, eerie, blood or gothic violence, shock, disturbing, brutal or graphic scary, horror, creepy, supernatural or frighten thriller, psychological, suspense, twist or disturbing horror, gory, scary, killing or gruesome Show All…

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black swan (2010) was found dead in a ditch
darren aronofsky, retire bitch
I say this in the most minnesotan way possible: oh jeez
A smart, sexy, and seriously funny comedy!

EDIT: just finished reading the wikipedia summary. how do i delete this
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Perfect Blue is a serial killer film, and the killer is patriarchal violence.

Many films mine the tension between one's idealized self and the self one lives in reality to create drama and art*, few so adeptly recognize that for women, both of these sides are controlled by men. Perfect Blue is the story of pop icon Mima who decides to move from singing to acting and takes a minor role in a disgusting procedural show about grisly murders. But decides is (intentionally on my part) not the correct verb in this instance; the film does not portray it as a decision. In fact, Mima is often shown consenting to something that eventually undermines her own sense of self or…
Imagine your card declines at therapy and they show you this
if you can believe it, was pretty confused the first time i saw this! but obviously that's intentional on the film's part, the blurriness hooks you in at such a psychological level. so my general reaction was cool, nice.

second time around, well over a year after my first time, i found myself connecting to this on a much much much deeper level. not just because i knew what i was getting myself into but it's also just so much more hauntingly realistic than i remember. satoshi kon really is one of the best to ever do it.
darren aronofsky really went and based his entire career around perfect blue didn't he
The blurred line between what is real, and what is not. A theme explored in movies such as: Repulsion, Belle de Jour, Triangle and Black Swan. A film aspect that's never been a favorite of mine. However, I found the outlier. Perfect Blue hooked me from the opening, and I was on the edge of my seat until the final credits rolled.

Perfect Blue is batshit crazy in an eat your heart out Darren Aronofsky type of way. It's the movie Black Swan only wished it could be. It's simply a badass flick with a lot of social commentary on the media, fame and internet usage for dummies circa 1997. At least in my mind it is.

Part Giallo. (Fun…
okay but there honestly wasn't a ton of blue in this movie surprisingly
An anime? A film? No, a kidnapping. I was taken by force, dragged against my will into Mima's mind. Trapped inside, I was forced to follow her downward spiral, my mind slowly decaying with hers. Satoshi Kon, you evil bastard. You... genius. Blurring the line between reality and imagination with each cut, always have us guessing what will assault our eyes in the next scene, building up an unsettling amount of tension with such rapid pace. A work like this requires so much patience and precision, but this is not a problem for you, is it, Satoshi-sensei? Oh what a masterpiece! What a masterpiece!