Perfect Blue (1997)
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Reviews Counted: 20 Fresh: 12 Rotten:8 Average Rating: 6.2/10
Runtime: 83 mins
Synopsis:
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... [More]
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. [Less]
Genre: Dramas
Director: Satoshi Kon
DVD Info
Release:
Sep 4, 2007
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Widescreen
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English, Japanese
- Subtitles - English, Japanese - Optional
Additional Release Material:
- Behind The Scenes
- Interviews
- Trailer - Original Theatrical Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
- Photo Gallery - Musical Photo Gallery
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Reviews
[An] nime thriller [that] often plays as an examination of identity and celebrity, but ultimately gets so lost in its own complex structure that it doesn't end up saying much at all.
08/19/06 09:51 PM
Satoshi Kon has created a taut, tense thriller that's a lot more coherent than many sci-fi animes, and deftly weaves several levels of reality up until the twist ending.
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06/12/03 02:16 AM
Animated Japanese thriller about the price of fame is rich, deep and dark.
11/07/02 01:23 PM
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