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Perfect Blue|Junko Iwao
Perfect Blue
Junko Iwao
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Overview

A surprisingly thoughtful analysis of the Japanese pop icon phenomenon. Mima is an ex-pop idol who was worshipped by the masses before fashion dictated otherwise. In order to salvage her career, she decides to drop music and pursue acting. A soap opera role is offered but Mima's character is less clean cut than desired. Regardless, she agrees and events take a turn for the worse. She begins to feel reality slip. She discovers (imagines?) her identical twin, a mirror image that hasn't given up singing. Internet sites appear describing every intimate detail of her life and a figure stalks her from the shadows. Her friends and associates are threatened, and killed, as Mima descends into a dangerous world of paranoid delusion. She fears for her life and must unravel fact from illusion in order to stay alive.

Awards:

Main Cast & Crew:
Satoshi Kon - Director
Junko Iwao

Details

    Blu-Ray Disc Format
  • Format: Blu-ray (Dubbed, 2 Pack, Widescreen)
  • Run Time: 81
  • Color Format: Color
  • UPC: 826663195774
  • Genre: CARTOONS & ANIMATION
  • Rating: R
  • Release Date: March 2019

Movie Reviews

Reviews:
"...PERFECT BLUE is a delirious, culturally astute invention..." - 08/??/1999 Sight and Sound, p.50


"...PERFECT BLUE is a psychological thriller that intrigues..." - 11/01/1999 Variety, p.88


"...A very interesting play on levels and perceptions of reality..." - 08/20/1999 New York Times, p.E20


"...It is an amazing feat of animation, a stylish psychological thriller....PERFECT BLUE creates an increasingly terrifying world and pulls you into it with the effectiveness of a Hitchcock classic..." - 10/07/1999 Los Angeles Times, p.C16


"...It's memorable and sometimes beautiful..." - 09/01/2000 Total Film, p.98


3 stars out of 5 -- "[A] broad, brash pulp thriller which isn’t shy about explicit violence..." - 10/25/2017 The Guardian

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