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It's a Blue World
6 years ago
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PERFECT BLUE (Shout! Factory/GKIDS Blu-ray, 2019)
https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Blue-Bluray-Combo-Blu-ray/dp/B07L5DTDLG/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2G43968XWHK7L&keywords=perfect+blue+blu+ray&qid=1560210652&s=movies-tv&sprefix=perfec%2Caps%2C129&sr=1-1
reviewed by Roochak
PERFECT BLUE predicted our everyday lives over twenty years ago -- it takes place in a world where privacy is unknown, social media exists to manipulate its users, fantasy and reality are intertwined to the point that one is as terrifying as the other, and where people exhibiting signs of PTSD are just part of the background. The late Satoshi Kon's 1997 animated thriller makes its viewers as uncertain of what's real and what isn't as its victimized heroine, ending the story with a wink that dares us to believe there's any such thing as a "normal" to get back to.
This is more like a Brian De Palma movie than your typical anime, and the irony of its re-release by GKIDS (a distributor better known for the Studio Ghibli Collection) is as freaky as PERFECT BLUE itself: what with the nudity, film-within-a-film rape scenes, and death by icepick, this ain't no kids' movie.
Now that we've gotten used to super-slick computer animation, this hand-drawn film looks its age, but the story will drag you in -- and drag you under -- so quickly you'll barely notice.
https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Blue-Bluray-Combo-Blu-ray/dp/B07L5DTDLG/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2G43968XWHK7L&keywords=perfect+blue+blu+ray&qid=1560210652&s=movies-tv&sprefix=perfec%2Caps%2C129&sr=1-1
reviewed by Roochak
PERFECT BLUE predicted our everyday lives over twenty years ago -- it takes place in a world where privacy is unknown, social media exists to manipulate its users, fantasy and reality are intertwined to the point that one is as terrifying as the other, and where people exhibiting signs of PTSD are just part of the background. The late Satoshi Kon's 1997 animated thriller makes its viewers as uncertain of what's real and what isn't as its victimized heroine, ending the story with a wink that dares us to believe there's any such thing as a "normal" to get back to.
This is more like a Brian De Palma movie than your typical anime, and the irony of its re-release by GKIDS (a distributor better known for the Studio Ghibli Collection) is as freaky as PERFECT BLUE itself: what with the nudity, film-within-a-film rape scenes, and death by icepick, this ain't no kids' movie.
Now that we've gotten used to super-slick computer animation, this hand-drawn film looks its age, but the story will drag you in -- and drag you under -- so quickly you'll barely notice.
I don't think I'll check this movie out, because I have
a low tolerance for bloody violence and rape, which is
kinda a sad thing, because the way this movie appears
to play with your mind, almost intrigues me.
*hugs you back*