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lewis_longshanks

25May12

Perfect Blue has been called a clash between De Palma and Argento but I'd be inclined to go further than that. The film's story and thematic elements relating to identity or life as a performance are very evocative of David Lynch's Mulholland Drive, which was released several years later infact. There are so many levels of depth to dissect with this one, it makes for multiple viewings if only for the smaller details.

nevelig

7May12

I don't know when but I'm definitely gonna watch this for the second time for more understanding. There were many confused me.

Jonathan De La Rosa

11Apr12

Pretty much the blueprint for all of Kon's later work. All of his thematic obsessions such as femininity, simulacra, identity, the interplay of reality and fiction, media culture and its "fans", etc, are all already here. Visually wonderful despite the occasionally evident low budget, with some of the best use of color I've seen in an anime. And the grislier parts still make me shudder, more so than most live-action.

Matt Turner

22Mar12

Dark rumination on fame and identity and mental illness. Satoshi Kon was a master of surreal and inventive animation.

Andrea Limone

21Mar12

Uno dei più grandi thriller psicologici di sempre, e matrice di una buona fetta di cinema americano dell'ultimo decennio. Ci manchi, Kon

sea-of-ether

19Mar12

Thrilling, creepy and frightening. I’ve never been so confused so many times by a film I've thoroughly enjoyed. A favorite.

IndyLIVE

16Feb12

I just finished my second viewing of this. Wonderfully surreal and dream-like. I forgot how brutal the scene of the photographer's murder is. Not to mention how brutal so many other scenes are. If this had been live action I don't know if I would have been able to stomach it.

Archie Del Mundo

19Jun11

The ending is a letdown, although it perfectly sums up the entire film. It is almost perfect until it drifts over the final act. Aronofsky should have the balls to admit that his "Black Swan" was in fact inspired from this seminal Japanese animation.

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Pure Fault

1Jul11

He at least admits to liking this film quite a lot ;)

Rashed

7Jun11

An animated mullholland dr/black swan hybrid, one that predates both aforementioned movies and one that's probably better than both of them put together. Unsettling masterpiece.