The animation is great, first of all. After watching the movie, I was a bit stunned, and definitely confused. After re-watching it I began to piece it together. It definitely has you questioning what is 'real' or not in the movie. Such a mind-bender!
Holy shit. Edge of my seat for the entire movie. So amazing. A mind-twister that delves into the psyche of someone who is both being stalked and always in the public eye
I've got to say this film has a lot of depth and a gripping plot which needs to have your full attention throughout the story or it'll screw with your head when you get to the end. Amazing narrative structure and effective twists and turns in the film as well.
Satoshi Kon's celebrated first picture Perfect Blue starts out as a straight drama with thriller overtones about a young pop star who leaves her girl group for a shot at becoming an actress. She's unprepared for fan backlash (this still feels fresh even if the Internet stuff is strictly late 90s, I wonder why), and must contend with a stalker and her own self-loathing as she agrees to debase herself for her new career. At this point, I should say I was totally unprepared for the level of sex and violence in this movie (even if the era almost requires it), and not only is there a lot of nudity and sexual violence, but gory murders start happening. And things get Satoshi Kon after that. Neither we nor Mima can tell reality from fiction from hallucination, the crime show she's working on manifesting in the real world (or mirroring it), Mima losing her grip and wondering if her pop star alter ego isn't doing things behind her back, and possibly, quite possibly, the psychological dove-tailing into the supernatural. A shock to the system that, in 1997, already understood the dark side of fan culture.
Starts a bit slow, but it turns pretty cerebral very soon. The great cinematography gets noticed right of the bat, reminds me of some Kubrick movies, and the psychological horror parts seem like they borrow from Hitchcock a bit. I hope no one ever does a live action adaptation of this though, they'd probably ruin it.
First of it's an anime and with that comes a few typical japanese things, like JPop and some (not all) grotesque faces (the first one I like, the second one I don't) that might or might not influence your viewing experience.
If you're okay with that you'll have an interesting and thrilling movie experience, with quite a few twist that'll keep it interesting until the end.
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camilocabrera22
Spellbinding from beginning to end. Not very often comes an animated film with so much psychological depth.Scratch47
Great little psychological thriller with some lurid and disquieting moments. Makes you doubt reality, like the best movies.metermouse
The animation is great, first of all. After watching the movie, I was a bit stunned, and definitely confused. After re-watching it I began to piece it together. It definitely has you questioning what is 'real' or not in the movie. Such a mind-bender!schneid67
Holy shit. Edge of my seat for the entire movie. So amazing. A mind-twister that delves into the psyche of someone who is both being stalked and always in the public eyeDewsions
I've got to say this film has a lot of depth and a gripping plot which needs to have your full attention throughout the story or it'll screw with your head when you get to the end. Amazing narrative structure and effective twists and turns in the film as well.kanoba
Wow! I was really impressed and blown away by this movie. Confusing, exciting and intriguing, definitely have to watch it again!palefire
Kon sucked me into his world of paranoia, Japanese celebrity life, slut shaming culture and murder. A gripping mind fuck.Siskoid
Satoshi Kon's celebrated first picture Perfect Blue starts out as a straight drama with thriller overtones about a young pop star who leaves her girl group for a shot at becoming an actress. She's unprepared for fan backlash (this still feels fresh even if the Internet stuff is strictly late 90s, I wonder why), and must contend with a stalker and her own self-loathing as she agrees to debase herself for her new career. At this point, I should say I was totally unprepared for the level of sex and violence in this movie (even if the era almost requires it), and not only is there a lot of nudity and sexual violence, but gory murders start happening. And things get Satoshi Kon after that. Neither we nor Mima can tell reality from fiction from hallucination, the crime show she's working on manifesting in the real world (or mirroring it), Mima losing her grip and wondering if her pop star alter ego isn't doing things behind her back, and possibly, quite possibly, the psychological dove-tailing into the supernatural. A shock to the system that, in 1997, already understood the dark side of fan culture.Jeank
Instant masterpice. the persecution complex is another illness that the film use to the narrativeFilmbuff77
“Basic Instinct” meets “Mulholland Drive” meets Japanese anime. This is my favorite of Satoshi Kon’s films.Definitely one of the best anime movies I’ve ever seen.
Definitely not for children.
LiterallyMe
Starts a bit slow, but it turns pretty cerebral very soon. The great cinematography gets noticed right of the bat, reminds me of some Kubrick movies, and the psychological horror parts seem like they borrow from Hitchcock a bit. I hope no one ever does a live action adaptation of this though, they'd probably ruin it.God
her obsessive stalker looked like benedict cumberbatch. even had the british teeth going onKaramAkerfeldt
holy shit.vikky2000
First of it's an anime and with that comes a few typical japanese things, like JPop and some (not all) grotesque faces (the first one I like, the second one I don't) that might or might not influence your viewing experience.If you're okay with that you'll have an interesting and thrilling movie experience, with quite a few twist that'll keep it interesting until the end.
deckard.
quite overrated. good, yes. but a masterpiece? nope.Showing items 1 – 15 of 18