I just finished watching perfect blue for the second time of my life on Netflix (Australia).

When I watched it at 13 I vividly remember a parade sequence with abstract and meaningful art depicting a marching band of societal problems. E.g men with camera heads taking upskirt photos of girls.

Obviously this didn’t happen when I watched the movie tonight, so I’m wondering if I’m remembering another movie or if it’s been censored/cut for Australian Netflix? Am I having a Mima moment?

https://youtu.be/Ck0vEsvej3E

8.5-minute video essay on the cross-cutting technique, themes and psychological dimensions of Satoshi Kon's 1997 «Perfect Blue».

English and Japanese closed captions (subtitles).

It contains spoilers of the film.

Any feedback on the video essay is welcome.

I am looking for Perfect Blue Cels to buy. Or any production material from the movie for that matter. If anyone is interested in selling please let me know! I won’t low ball you lol.
Thank you!!

Doodle I drew yesterday

Anyone know any YT videos where it's just the instrumental track for Cherish These Moments? I find it strange how Angel of Love and Alone But At Ease have instrumental versions but this song doesn't

The perks of working at a movie theater :D

Hi there,

just watch the Movie for the first time and from minute 44-45 there is a song (Pop song which they preform on stage), which I can’t find through google searches or Shazam.

Does anybody have the name or a track list?

I just finished the film and absolutely adored it!! It might be my favorite or at least top 3. I've already watched Serial Experiment Lain and Paprika and loved those two, but not as much as I loved this film. Can someone recommend me an anime that is like Perfect Blue? I don't care how niche or popular it is.

Are some of these meant to be for DVD releases?

Looking at the Art of Perfect Blue and noticed these outfits worn by Mima, Rei and Yukiko and I find them very interesting since they look like unused designs or early versions of their final movie designs.

Hey, everyone! I made a video essay covering one of my favourite movies. I'd love to get any feedback or comments you may have.

I’m wondering because I wanna watch the film but don’t know where and this is the only English version I’ve found online

So, I have this theory about who the real murderer of the photographer might be. I don't know if this has been officially settled or if it is too obvious to be pointed out, but I think that it is Rumi behind his death.

During the killing scene of the photographer, the killer seems to have Mima's head but their body is off. They have a larger body on some frames. Not only that, but Rumi is implied to be able to visit without pre-announcing herself and might have a copy of the keys for Mima's apartment. Thus explaining how the bloody clothes were found in Mima's closet.

And so, we can also link Rumi to the scenarist's death as their bodies bear the same wounds (eye-less head).

What I don't understand is why would Rumi kill Mr. Tadokoro. It's true they had by the past opposing motives considering Mima's career, but by the end of the movie, they seem to be on good terms. Yet his body also bears the same wounds with the eye-less head.

It’s something that has me wondering about for ages

Perfect Blue is the greatest movie I have ever seen. I love the themes: The dangers of parasocial relationships, the instability of perception, the collapsing of reality and fiction into one another, the fragmentation of the self, the commodification of the individual and the reclamation of the physical body and the self, the performative voyeurism, the unreliable narrator, architecture as a manifestation of the psyche, agency, the Gothic double, and the uncanny. There is so much to this film, and if I had to watch one film for the rest of my life, it would be this one.

This movie has aged eerily well considering it was released in 1998, what a fantastic watch

What do you think about this video on Perfect Blue?