Satoshi Kon and Why Love Is All You Need Ep. 1 - Perfect Blue
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- Опубликовано: 30 апр 2018
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The music choices for the background are fantastic but it's difficult to discern most of the lyrics to look them up. Is there somewhere I can find a playlist of the songs you've used?
Pssst. Breadsword. I've watched the Overture of this video over a hundred times now; I've been counting. This, and your work in general, has helped me turn my writing into a therapeutic, cathartic exercise. You've helped me process the death of loved ones, the loss of a long term girlfriend, the maintenance of important relationships, the discovery of new loves, the entire process Empedocles describes. Your voice has been a lantern through the fog. Thank you. Keep it up.
Can you please link the music you use in the background. Some I know some i can shazam and some I cant. Thanks a bunch love the content.
you probably dont care but does anybody know of a tool to log back into an Instagram account?
I stupidly forgot my password. I would appreciate any help you can offer me!
@Michael Kyrie instablaster =)
Light and dark.
Good and evil.
Yin and yang.
*d a v e & b u s t e r s*
Abbie R I loved that part
I was reading this and started laughing my ass off when I read the and
God and Satan, Sol and Ky, Ragna and Jin, Akira and Ryo, Dragon and Tiger. Amuro and Char, Dante and Virgil and so on.
That part was cringe in my opinion, but the actual content of this guy's video is amazing.
Satoshi Kon is one of the greatest directors of all time. I want him to go back to work. I don't care if he's dead. He's too ingenious to use that as an excuse to stop creating.
This would require the work of a necromancer...
Brian Collins you called?
Quick someone go to Africa and Study Necromancy
No no, china is where you need. Explore the forests and bring your blade. I recommend a Jian, but a dao will do. You must slay a death wizard to inherit his power. fear liches. Bring a Jiangshi, goofy vampires shall aid you, and provide your army after you gain the Power
@@Surteronarto Im sorry :'(
Yo don’t let the fact that this vid didn’t hit 2M like the Treasure Planet vid keep you from spending time analyzing masterpieces like Kon’s work. You literally opened my eyes to how unbelievably dense this film is in its grammar. Stellar stuff keep at it.
Technicolor Gaming that’s what success often is: fat tails.
This man is right!
Yo I wanted you to know that I come back to this comment pretty regularly for motivation and I hope you know how impactful this was, especially when I dropped this video. Thank you 🖤
@@BREADSWORD Hey man, I just came across your channel, and I'm definitely here to stay. You do an amazing job on your analyses, you make great observations and express your points very comprehensibly, you certainly have a knack for language, and you sprinkle in just enough humour (both orally and visually) to make it funny and entertaining without having it clash with the overall tone of the video. Oh and your voice is incredibly soothing and pleasant to listen to. 😅 It's clear that these videos have a great amount of work put into them. It shows. I really appreciate you and hope to see more great pieces like this one in the future!
Keep up the amazing work!
Lots of love from Czech Republic ❤
Edit: ...Okay, there's just one detail I need to complain about... There are too many misconceptions and myths about Dissociative Identity Disorder out there, so I get the confusion, but I have to point out that this movie has absolutely nothing to do with it. This is _not_ what DID is at all. DID is not a psychosis, it actually develops to help the person survive. I'm not gonna get into it here, but I recommend looking it up. Otherwise great vid!
@@BREADSWORD Men, im a teacher of composite and master in literature and this video and the other three i used them in class to make example of what a video essay and an analisis of animation is. i grateful that you made this series, and i really hope some day you feel like making the other two kon's pieces that you left. Amazing job, i'm sure Kon will happy and proud of this series!
i think the scene that stood out to me the most was when mima was choosing what foot to step off the train with, with ultimately having no choice because some dude behind her pushes her forward as he rushes away, symbolising how the life of an idol is dictated by the public, the idol becoming a mirror of what the people want, in a perfect form, free from impurities
Some food for thought. I realized after watching this last time and I’ve watched perfect blue maybe over 10 times now. Satoshi shows us that when Rumi is under her delusion, she sees herself literally as Mima, we even see this when she’s in the hospital at the end. I was also told by other fans to pay close attention to the details of her bedroom because it’s revealed that Rumi recreated her room to be as identical as possible to Mimas. My theory for this is whenever they show “Mima” in the recreated room it’s actually still just Rumi, but we’re seeing her delusion of herself as Mima. When we see the murders occur, we see “Mima” brutally stabbing her victims, but by the end we ultimately know that the real Mima isn’t the one committing the murders. Rumi sees herself as Mima when killing and we also see her wake up as Mima the next day. I’m almost certain the entire scene where Mima finds the bloody clothes in her closet is just Rumis delusion of finding the clothes in her own recreated Mima closet and the paparazzi that swarms the door isn’t really there either. Even the phone call from Tadokoro makes more sense in this scene if you see that character as Rumi instead. Your brain kind of wants to reject how insane Rumi truly is.
Absolutely fantastic
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BREADSWORD FUCK YEAH BOI ❤️
I just want to let you know that you probably singlehandedly kept me from failing an English research paper, and probably the course too (it was worth like 40% of our semester grade), so thanks.
I had to analyze symbols in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, and was really struggling to come up with any decent ideas that weren't also going to be covered by everyone else and their grandmother, the like glass unicorn and etc., and it wasn't until I saw the name of a song that was supposed to play in the background during the climax of the play (La Golondrina, a song about missing one's homeland playing in the memory of a man remembering the event that pushed him to abandon his sister without a way to support herself, which he regrets for the rest of his life) and thought to look it up because of the point you made about the song that plays during the bomber crew scenes in Dr. Strangelove. From there, I was on a roll, and while I probably could have done alright on my own, thinking of that connection you made helped me get past a bad writer's block and write a paper I'm actually pretty proud of.
Thx, love you bb but no homo tho
This is the warmest comment I think I've ever gotten dude I'm so happy I could in any way positively impact anyone. I'm sure your paper was excellent! Thank you so much!
Cheekki Brikki
Post it, or it never happened
Have a good one
girls poop too Alright. I'm actually considering adapting it into a video essay thing breadsword-style and posting it to my main account. I really love film analysis (and plays are close enough imo), and while I don't think I could support myself doing that alone, I want to branch out into doing it as a hobby. I'm gonna be done with finals soon, and will have about a month of free time after that, so depending on how much effort I decide to put into it compared to my normal shitty gameplay compilation stuff, I should post it sometime before June. If you're genuinely curious about it, I can try to remember to link you to it when I'm done, but I'm like 94% sure you were just joking and don't really care, so whatever.
Cheekki Brikki
I care, and I'd love to see that. Hit me with the link when it's up. I'll watch it for sure.
Cheekki Brikki
I was just joking, but I'm truly happy that you have something that you are passionate about. Most people in this life don't.
Even though I was originally giving you shit. I would like to know if you make a video essay. That is my weakness
Have a good one
-Oh,new Breadsword Video, ill watch it in my break.
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- Sleep is overrated
"Light and dark, good and evil, yin and yang, Dave and Buster's." Was a good line
One reason why Kon surrounds his reds with "blues and greens" in the film is because, on the Red-Green-Blue color wheel, red and cyan (=an equal mix of blue and green light, often seen by people as "light blue" or "ice blue") are complementary colors; they work really well together while contrasting one another.
The red-cyan color scheme has been used as a visual shorthand in horror cinema ever since Blood and Black Lace in 1964 to communicate danger to the audience. Really, watch any visually great horror film and look for scenes that are surrounded by cyan or blues and greens; having blood get spilled in the scene is usually imminent.
Holy shit. I've been a fan of this movie for months, and I had no clue about half of the delusions described here. This genuinely clears up a plot hole or two I didn't really think much on. This video is amazing.
yo I main Roadhog too also thank you for the kindness
NP.
Big Baby Bread had to re-up because I'm an idiot and initially posted this at like 2am on accident. Love you guys!
And I'd still watch it again.
Joke's on you because it's 2am right the fuck now.
Ok ignore my comment asking if you deleted that i just did
BREADSWORD love you too keep the irregular content flowing like water
I was worried for a second, thinking that you had gotten a strike against you. I was like, 'Noooooooo, not my other SuperEyepatchWolf!' But you didn't, so I'm good.
Are you implying Me-mania is Tarakuro?!!! Breadsword, you are the reason I'm taking cinema appreciation this semester. Thank you sir.
Edit: I also noticed that Rumis wide apart eyes and Tarakuros asymmetrical eyes are features extremely exaggerated in Memania.... Hmmmm....
That’s what I’m thinking as well.
Ikr, I never thought about that
Breadsword, I don't even know this film or had little interest in the topic at all. I watched because you are SO GOOD at what you do. You explain the film and it's inner dynamics perfectly. I started off not knowing anything about the film, and now I'm motivated to watch it. Don't stop making videos, they are fantastic.
I just realized, that the outfit that mima dresses in as her idol image has the same colors as the lotus, a symbol of purity and longevity. Made just for their audience. I've learned quite a bit from the mellenium actress video that also plays into this movie😊
Nice video! I've watched a lot of videos analyzing Perfect Blue, but so far they're all just kinda lacking to me, because none of them ever mention how Mima's gender plays into the story. The type of hollow, feverish love between the idol Mima and her fans that you talk about really reminds me more of possession, which is why I think it's so important really consider the fact that Mima is a woman. Her gender is just as integral to her story as her being an idol is, and in fact, I'd say those two things are linked inextricably. Consider the definition of an idol. An idol is, like you said, a young girl who's every word and action are regulated to make her the perfect image of feminine innocence. Idols are defined, at least in part, by their girlishness. This is all done so that she appeals and sells to men. She's manufactured to be bought by them. Mima's male fans feel entitled to the persona she's put on, so she's forced to act in accordance with what they think of her. They possess both only her imagine, and the control over how she lives her life. Think back to the first time Mima logs on to Mima's Room, and sees someone else re-writing the narrative of her life. There, control is taking from her and given to her persona, which was made to the liking of her male fans. Their possession and control seeps deep into her personal life.
The fear of possession is a distinctly feminine fear. It's the result of an undeniable history of oppressive and possessive gender relations (which honestly still exists in one form or another today. Just consider how the toxic idol culture depicted in Perfect Blue exists in the real world now.) The loss of self, and control over the self, experienced by a woman when other people project things on to her, appears again in the film separate from Mima's idol persona. When she allows herself to be photographed nude, and then expresses grief and regret over it, it's a sign not that she longs for the days when she was an innocent idol again, but that she's just traded in one marketable image of herself for another. At that point, she's being sold not as an idol, but as a sex symbol, which is so obviously objectifying that I don't even think I need to explain it. It's not really an escape from the toxic culture that she was trying to run from when she quit being an idol. She's just traded in girlish innocence for hypersexual objectification, wherein she's still being packaged as possess-able product to men. It just acts as a statement of how pervasive the attitude of possession is throughout media.
Perfect Blue wouldn't be Perfect Blue without all of this being such a big part of the film, so a discussion about the role of love and it's perversions in the film wouldn't be complete without taking into account the role of Mima's gender in her struggle.
This is such a fantastic comment, and something I've been thinking about since I watched the film.
This....Is really a deep comment and I like ur opinion
Damn mima just hopped out of the proverbial frying pan of childhood innocence and into the hyper-sexualized fire of an adult sex icon’s life. When she couldn’t handle all the bullshit that was thrown at her she got burned.
Holy shit, I can’t believe this comment hasn’t been hearted. This shit is incredible.
damnn good point which most analyses have left out
Kon is one of those greats that passed far earlier than they should have. His works are all on such another level that use the medium to its absolute extent. Perfect Blue really resonates with me, I still have notebooks filled with writings from my early highschool days in which I realized I was putting on a mask for every situation, saying what people wanted to hear rather than being true to myself. I had a time in which I had no idea who I truly was and felt as though I was this shallow empty husk. It was in working through those emotions that I learned to be true to myself. So whenever I see a fractured psyche it really hits home.
Junjito ito slug girl did this to me as well
I personally saw Mima's story as a journey of gaining control.
Once mi-mania and Rumi are gone, Mima has control over her life for the first time in likely her entire life.
Her delusions were likely brought about from having to keep on a false persona. So another part of her journey was about accepting who she truly is and not letting others determine who she is.
Man I watched this video about 1 year ago or so. The breakdown is amazing man. This is one of my favorite animated movies. The ending still makes me tear up “ life is just a cycle of reds.. and blues” so true. Thank you dawg
After seeing a lot of RUclipsrs who don't put that much effort into their work and just shit out average videos on a basis, its amazingly refreshing to see someone like you put months of effort into videos with amazing scripts and presentation. You deserve so much more subs.
Perfect blue is the perfect film... at least for me. A great talent gone much too soon, RIP Satoshi kon never forgoten!💖
You are one of the only youtubers that I can watch with no idea of the subject material, and I know that I will be impressed with the analysis you place upon it. I literally can't wait for the next video, no matter what film you dissect.
You should watch the film tho. stopped halfway through the video to do just that and it makes you even understand his theory more(or even form your own opinion)
I'm IN LOVE! I cannot wait for the next parts of this video series! As a huge Kon fan, this brought up so many interesting things. I'll definitely keep my eyes open for your next works.
I'm really surprised how you didn't mention the fact that we never see Mima in the end of the film without sunglasses on; she only takes them off in a reflection, and it's only her reflection that speaks and says the line, "of course I'm real!"
and it would've been nice to go more into detail about how else red has been used in the film, tho it admittedly would've extended the video length
Forgot to say because I just accepted it as a given but great video as always! Satoshi Kon is my favourite director and this video was great at exploring the depth of what is arguably his best film
@@s-e-e-k-i-n-g I think it's a conscious choice to convey the fact that Mima finally is herself, free of delusion even when looking in the mirror.
Actually in the sub that line at the end is done by Rumi's voice actress, leaving the viewer with a hint of doubt as to what is still real.
@@sosayweall_jpg no way! thats so cool
@@sosayweall_jpg eh, it's still a rumour and has not been confirmed
This is beautiful, please be the dude at my funeral to tell the story of my life. The way you talk is just so relaxing but its so fluent and intelligent. Well done my friend can't wait for the next 4 parts
Saw this last night, fire
Tons of people probably laughed at "Dave & Busters" but my personal favorite was when you mentioned the two cosmic forces of Love vs. Strife and showed the STTGL facing off with the Super Granzemboa.
Can't help but smile at that dumb anime. I *love* it.
I had a Team Dai-Gurren wallscroll gracing my wall for like two years, that series is PEAK adrenaline
"I'm really smart, and this is Satoshi Kon and why love is all you need."
What a start to a video. You have the most fascinating vocal range that you stay in during your videos. Never going to high or too low and your pace is consistent in it's inconsistencies speeding up and slowing down for emphasis. And now I'm just talking out of my butt because this video was so smartly written and I don't want to be that dumb guy who watched this video. I love that beginning though and the ridiculousness of proclaiming yourself smart without changing your tone or pace. I love it so much.
There is no emphasis on "I'm really smart" which makes it seem even more tongue in cheek than if there had been emphasis. But then you prove that you really are really smart... and now I'm just confused. Is it the most brilliant intro I've ever heard or is it a conceit spoken with such confidence that it bears no emphasis whatsoever. The fact that I'm having this argument with myself clearly means that whichever option is correct contains the later option.
I super am into that intro.
Yesterday, I put this video on at work for background noise while I got a few things done, and ended up just watching this video while “looking busy” to everyone else. This is a wonderful look at Perfect Blue!
Breadsword, this is an amazing analysis video. I hope you put out content more often from now on; you're probably the best youtuber in existence for this type of content at the moment. I adore your treasure planet video, and I'd be very glad to see more videos from you on anime, ESPECIALLY the amazing work of Satoshi Kon.
The sound editing of this essay is jarring. Stereo is so on point I couldn't figure out I was actually listening to music, until I removed my headset and realized the room was silent.
his little comment about his sleeping girlfriend is filled with so much sweet adoration can we appreciate that real quick?
Guess im watching again
Finally watched this movie today after hearing how much Aronofsky uses its references in some of his movies. After it was over I couldn't wait to look up some analysis videos and this was by far my favorite one. Thanks for the work you put into this. It's really amazing to watch this kind of passion go into understanding an artist's art. I'm sure Satoshi would be proud to know 20 years later people were still discovering his work and truly appreciating it. Best of luck with everything you put your mind to. respect.
he doesn't use references unfortunately he completely copies it. I don't like that director. Kon even has a interview showing exactly that
Continuously amaze me with the high quality of your videos and how deep they are. Truly amazing man keep up the amazing work
i just have to comment right now before i've watched the whole thing yet because i am SO excited to see you talk about satoshi kon!! i am beyond pumped for this video
I love these videos so much. They're so genuinely interesting. I can tell how much effort you put into each video and it's amazing. They're so genuinely entertaining and I love grabbing a snack, huddling under some blankets, and watching them.
These videos make me think and love things i already did even more. Thank you so much.
Love every single thing you post, but this one might be my favorite so far. I'm beginning to explore Mr. Kon's filmography and I'm adoring it. I'll be watching and rewatching in your order.
I am amazed by your analysis. Thank you for publishing it and enlightening me to the complexities of this category of cinematic art. Incredible stuff. Can hardly wait to rewatch Perfect Blue and then check out more of your video essays. Thanks again!
this was so well done. im extremely excited to watch part two of this series. its clear that you put a lot of time and effort into each video.
perfect blue has been a favorite of mine for years, but after watching this, i have even more respect for kon, and his work.
thank you for bringing some more enlightenment to anyone who watched this.
Another masterpiece. Great analysis whilst keeping me as hooked as a pig at the butcher’s, caught feels for this movie and will have to delve into it and the other works of Kon now thx
Your video essays are so beautiful and keep me coming back again and again. Thank you!
“Perhaps the more important question to ask is, how is love?” -Drax
THANKYOU SO MUCH- I can’t explain with words how much I love your words of wisdom, editing, references etc. and I can’t wait for more visually indulgent content. :) !!!
I come back here about every month or two. I love this essay and your style. Its therapeutic and cathartic. Thank you.
Thank you, just thank you. I’ve never watched perfect blue but this video was thoroughly and utterly breathtaking. From your perfect analysis to the complex use of vocabulary there was not one moment in the video that I was not engaged. Amazing, keep up the great work!
Absolutely love this! Top tier content, and deserving of wayyyy more attention.
Totally agree!
Really loving this! Love all of the stuff you've done man. Can't wait to see and hear about what you think about different films and other media and the concepts behind each of them. It's so interesting to watch an amazing video essay, Keep up the good work man !
So, this is post is going to be long and rambling, but I had a lot of thoughts (naturally, since it's such a thought-provoking video!).
1. I want to challenge your conclusion that the ending is a happy resolution. I would never have noticed the overexposure thing without help, but now that you mention it, in that scene, there's that harsh, over-exposed sunlight back-lighting Mima in the rear-view mirror. Not to mention the fact that, though it appears to be Mima speaking the last line, the voice that comes out of her mouth is Rumi's. The line is, "I'm the real thing," which... I don't think it's meant to be taken ironically. I think the point (one of Kon's major themes, actually) is that delusions, fiction, and dreams ARE real -- they may not be the same as the things they're emulating, but they exist objectively within us, and are just as real to us as the world around us. (In fact, we can never really be sure what objective reality really is, beyond the fact that we know our own subjective experiences). But I'm getting off topic. It's important that Mima is speaking to a reflection, an image, as if it were someone else (the audience, too, sees not the real Mima, but that reflection). Not to mention, there are associations between reflections and delusions about identity throughout the movie. The colors at the end might represent growth and tranquility like you said, but! Mima is cut off from them. She's sitting in a car, which is separated from the outside reality to begin with... And further, her image is contained in the frame of the mirror, an image of reality that has no actual substance. Oh! And now that I look at it, that overexposed sunlight is ONLY in the mirror. So yeah, the fact that she's focused on her image in the mirror, and not the vibrant world outside, is not a good sign. Oh, and I see, too, at the end of the video, that it's also overexposed when Mima is walking outside the clinic, past the nurses to her car.
2. Wait, her sir-name is "Kirigoe?" That can be written with the characters for "cut" and "voice," implying that Mima is a person who's voice has been cut off.There's no way that wasn't intentional. Ever since I first saw the movie a year ago, I've also had this suspicion that the name "Mima" is a play on the word "meme." If Mima is a light for other people, then those people become mirrors that reflect a false image of herself back onto her. She internalizes that image -- images, plural, actually -- and they start to mutate and take on a lives of their own own, and eventually warping the real person into the shape of the reflections. In other words, Mima is taken over other people's perceptions of her. Those perceptions are based on the virgin/whore false binary, which... Well, again, they're based on other people's perceptions and projections onto women. Women may try to emulate them, but that image is far more simplistic than a real person. Mima fragments because those are the only two roles she knows to play, but she can't fit into either of them. I'm looking forward to your criticism of "Millennium Actress," because I feel a close personal connection to that movie. It's interesting to compare the two movies, because the heroines of both are actresses. What makes them different? It's that, while Mima is defined and controlled by others, Chiyoko's roles are all expressions of her truest self. Genya does idolize her, but what he loves about her is something he saw in her, not something he projected onto her. He follows her, aids her, and wants to capture her on film, but he never makes decisions for her. It's worth noting that the use of the name "Chiyoko" there reinforces the idea that Kon put emphasis on names -- the obvious characters for "Chiyoko" here would be "thousand," "generation," and "child"/"woman."
Anyway, even though I disagreed with one or two points, this is fantastic criticism! I never would've thought of Kon's movies in terms of love... In fact, I wasn't even familiar with the idea of love/struggle as a duality. Come to think of it, that idea is awfully meta. I mean, if love and struggle are constantly attracting and repelling each other... It's almost like love and conflict are different versions of the same thing, since they both involve a coming together. But I digress. I didn't notice the musical cues (your conclusions about Tatekuro made my jaw drop), and I thought that the use of red probably indicated danger or delusion. I kind of wonder, now, too, since you pointed it out, what cuts on hands represent? If we see Tarakuro with bandages on his hands, and then Mima cutting her hands when she breaks a glass, both in delusion... Surely, there's some kind of connection? The first thing that comes to mind for me is that hands represent agency, but... Damn, I need to watch this film again!
Interesting, you could similarly apply that analysis to the end (or all of Black Swan, hwich follows largely the same themes and plot beats). The love/conflict thing is key seeing as conflict is always deemed necessary as a catalyst for any narrative, but we should think about what the true instigator of any conflict, be it literal or figurative, actually is. I think his makes a lot of people uncomfortable, just as we dislike examinin the motives of designated 'villians' in films whose mode of thinking and motives often mirror that of the protagonist. Surprised no one has mention the use of red and blue in MKUltra and/or similar mind control techniques considering how Japan's idol culture is considered a perfect example of howt he entertainment inustry contols and enslaves musical artists.
What you said about Mima being helpful to other people and then changing herself to fit that projected image is exactly why Mima reminded me of Shinji from Eva, even when I first watched the movie.
I also noticed the thing about the ending scene and wrote a comment on it, but you articulated much better than I. Nice job. One thing I would add is that when she passes by the nurses, they mention that “there’s now way the REAL Kirigoe Mima would show up here!” and that it must be a look alike. There was absolutely no reason to include that short, 5 second scene unless there was a distinct purpose. I’m not sure entirely what that reason is, but it definitely has to do with delusions and real vs. fake Mima.
Regarding point 1, it's possible that the "illusion" of this scene isn't in the identity of the person (aka, it's indeed Mima herself) but in how she perceives herself.
In a matter of shots she should have become a confident and "cool" person? Nah, I don't buy it.
It's simply her perception of herself. She "won" her challenge with herself, regained compure and control of her mind... but just a little bit. She still lives in a distorted reality, but in a distorted one that is now positive, becoming a potential sign of change in her condition as a whole.
dude this is fantastic. you are great. i cant wait for the next episode but i dont want it rushed either. take your time and craft another masterpiece of an analysis
Your videos are so beautifully explained and guides us through your thought process in such a way that is so easy to grasp. Great work and thanks for doing these. Thoroughly enjoying the ride ~
Hands down best channel on RUclips, love this!
Perfect blue is definitely one of my favorite Anime features for many of the reasons you've mentioned, and I'm glad to see that even this far out from their creation and his death there's still new people being absorbed into his captivating compositions. As an aside, I don't meant to make your channel about anime movies, but if the concept of storytelling through color language and lighting interests you, you should absolutely watch (or rewatch, if you have) Akira and Jin-roh. I look forward to the rest of this series!
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Good one
thank you, got a genuine laugh outta me
You should watch Magnetic Rose if you haven’t already. It was penned by Kon and predates Perfect Blue. It’s part of the anthology film titled “Memories”. I believe that it would fit perfectly into this video series of yours. It also deals with themes of love and how it can warp people. It’s honestly one of my favourite films, sometimes I feel it’s even above his other works. I really hope you look into it!! :)
Damn the muffled Wild is the Wind Nina Simone in the background at the start is an excellent choice
So glad I found this channel, you looked at the film from angles others didn't think of and it's so refreshing to see.
dude your videos are masterpieces. the argument, the songs, the references, the scenes you choose. well done man
one of my absolute favorite films ever! great analysis! love your videos so much. keep up the good work! ♥
I'll say it again...this right here is PURE GOLD!!!
Thanks for this video, it really put this movie into a different light and thanks for reminding me of a song I had nearly forgotten. Whatever song is playing around 9:40 is one I heard once when I was younger and hearing it brought back good memories. Overall good analysis on the filmaking and phases of love. Can't wait for more!
Fantastic video. The way you dissect movies and ideas is so amazing. I can't wait for part 2!!!!!!!
Dude please please please continue looking into films like this! This is the kind of videos I get lost in the amount of time it took to watch it. You truely have mastered explaining wonderful films and what makes them so special. Love your work!
I've watched this about three times now and each time "Light and dark, good and evil, Yin and Yang, Dave N Buster's" gets me each time and i literally go back to hear it over and over again. Love your stuff man can't wait for part 2.
Your video essays are the best I've ever seen and you have an incredible way with words. Don't ever stop.
I shared the original URL like a dummy with my friend. He pointed out that it was taken down. I was worried about him not watching it, since it's sooooo good. Thank god it was re-uploaded.
The level of time and intricacy thrusted into your videos is absolutely amazing. Documentary Status. Every point made is explained so well and thought out. Keep it up my man!
Outstanding, you really did your research man great stuff. It's amazing how much of this movie becomes clear with that little lighting tip. Best film analysis channel I've ever seen, keep it up!
This was beautiful. Thank you for making this vid. Keep up the good work.
I was saving your vid for later but then it shoots up in my sub list. Its a sign! I must watch it now.
THEE absolute best Perfect Blue analysis I have ever seen. I really gave up on fully diving into understanding the details of this movie because people would touch on what I felt like the meaning was, but they wouldn’t really articulate it as well as you did. Articulation is what an analysis is all about and you showed up with this video. AMAZING analysis and AMAZING editing you really did the damn thing good for you I’m proud.
Loved your video! I swear I’ve seen this film like 3 times and every time I watch it I realize something I hadn’t noticed before! You pointing out the lighting in regards to delusion and reality has me wanting to watch the movie again with a completely different perspective! Thank you (:
This is the first video I’ve watched of your channel and now I’m about to go and watch every one of your videos because this channel is a gem.
I think it's a bit of a reach to say that Tadokoro and Me-Mania are the same simply because of one shot of him not having bandaged hands. How do we know that's not just an editing mistake or a deliberate slight to confuse the audience's sense of reality with no sense of continuity (of which there are plenty in the movie)? In that sense Me-Mania was punched by the rioters in the beginning, but these facial injuries do not carry over from Me-Mania to Tadokoro. His Death at the end is also not mirrored with Me-Mania, while both of his eyes are stabbed out (same as the previous 2 murders of the cameraman and the scriptwriter) but only one eye stabbed out for Me-Mania. I would assume that based on these narrative trends that they were clearly separate people and intended by the narrative to be seen as such.
That said I do think Rumi takes on hallucinatory appearance in front of other people quite a few times, and the narrative forces us to acknowledge it... once when Mima walks up to her former-idol friends when they're on-air and she sees her Mima-self sitting there(with the same harsh unnatural lighting) and it looks like someone IS sitting there. A second time when there's a live performance recording going on and Virtual Mima jumps into the audience, before that scene the other two idol girls were singing on-stage with someone and keep looking awkwardly at Virtual Mima while Me-Mania and the audience react to this Mima's stage presence.'
I do agree with your view that lighting, colour and framing are very important to Kon and this movie and he was a master at the craft of editing, but these takes require too many assumptions to be made.
A double bind is an emotionally distressing dilemma in communication in which an individual (or group) receives two or more conflicting messages, with one negating the other.
I wanted to like this video, but I think the author goes way to deep in certain things that are trivial.
I think moreso it's implied that memania is not real, not that memania is Tadokoro. The man getting beat up at the beginning IS real, but his face (that of memania) is not. Memania exists as a manifestion in Mima's delusions as a person who covets her image but not the real her; a person who views Mima as a pure and perfect woman. All the harassment and stress from obsessive fans, her shitty managers, and the questioning of her identity as her reality blurs creates her paranoia that projects itself as a stalker in her mind.
You are an amazing human being. I am truely greatful for this analysis. I hope you continue to have the passion to continue your work and this channel.
Always a pleasure to hear these films so expertly dissected and presented in such a brilliant and talented way. Mr.Sword, you have got my permanent respect and whenever i get the notification that you’ve posted something it makes me smile, because i know that I’ll have a long, quality experience when I get home. Thank you. You are one quality human being.
I could watch your videos forever, they're just such masterpieces. You are honestly my favorite content creator on the whole platform, you just put such thought and care into every word you speak. I can't wait for the next part.
I was a child when I first watched Perfect Blue and it was emotionally devastating then, over a decade of skulking through the gutters of this country has taught me how true to life it is.
You were homeless?
@@diamondsrubies1964 Maybe, but most of my friends are very poor and I go urban exploring in the abandoned places all over.
Thank you so much for your amazing, deep analyses of the properties I never could fully wrap my head around. I am waiting longingly for your further videos, especially those in this series on Satoshi Kon's crazy meaningful works.
Keep it up and I'll be here; patient, but hungry for more.
Bro, this is by far my favorite yours, and I can't to see what else you bring to the table!
This is one of my favorite youtube videos. It speaks to me in such a way that no other videos can. It's so refreshing seening such content.
Really enjoyable and very thoughtful. Keep up the great work! Looking forward to the next part
Definitely one of my new favorite youtube channels, I'm almost upset I didn't discover you a year from now when there could be more content to binge... Keep up the sick work
Easily one of the best analysis videos on Satoshi Kon and Perfect Blue out there. Keep up the good work
holy christ i gotta rewatch this film huh. this is an incredible and thorough analysis that highlights a lot of how the film continuously destabilizes its own reality. the music analysis and how it reveals/throws doubts on which characters are in the scene is particularly really good
I thank you personally for your in-depth review of this film and its leitmotifs as it is probably the most complete analysis I have seen on this platform. Looking forward to further uploads.
This whole series is so impressively thorough and as a hardline Satoshi stan it is so appreciated, m8, I gotta commend the work and effort.
You're one of my favorite people I've ever watched, please keep making incredible content
I’ve shown this video, and the rest of your series, to so many friends and even randos on the internet. You perfectly captured all of what makes Kon (and every other subject you’ve touched upon) so brilliant. I want to thank you, for one, the entertaining and thought provoking videos. Secondly, for inspiring me. I’m looking to make some of my own video essays analyzing and discussing some of my favorite films, starting with a comparison essay about 2020’s THE INVISIBLE MAN and 2007’s JUNO.
Fantastic part 1
Definitely one of your more niche videos
So it's probably going to have a much lower view count and that's a shame
The nightmare theme song revelation was actually terrifying
Thanks for uploading
I tend to procrastinate watching videos on RUclips but out of all the videos I've seen while indulging in this terrible habit if mine this one is by far the best both in subject matter and delivery and convinced me to binge this man's work once I finish all my finals
So like in 8 hrs from when I post this
this is an insanely good analysis, thank you for putting this together !!
God you are honestly one of my all time favorite RUclipsrs. Your videos never cease to amaze me
I am so thrilled you are doing a 5 part series on Satoshi Kon, you are so talented at creating video essays it is astounding. I look forward to watching more of your content :)
This was an amazing video essay! I really appreciate how you identified the tell-tale signs of physios, which I will be sure to watch out for next time I watch Perfect Blue.
I find it really fascinating how you've framed your analysis around love because it's not something I would have thought of when I first watched it. By doing so I feel like you have managed to at least partly explain why I love Perfect Blue so such, whereas before I couldn't really point to any specifics in the film and say "see this - this is what I love about Perfect Blue". So thank you, and I look forward to the next part of your series!
just recently found your channel and I have to say yours is some of the best, most refreshing, positive and thought provoking content I've seen in a long long time. Thank you
what a great analysis...love how you see every little detail in this movie with such a philosophical approach..awesome work. :)
Videos like yours, that pay attention to silent but consistent storytelling, give me hope. I pause movies/shows just to rant about how much I like a few second's details and include easily skipped details in my writing/art because I know someone will love them just as I was excited to create it. It's easy to be only detached so no one can ridicule you for appreciation, so
Thank you, especially for doing this with one of my favorite directors.
Loved this video essay. You are really really talented. I never saw this movie this way. Thanks for opening my eyes. Please make more of these. I respected and loved Satoshi Kon's work but going through this analysis I admire him. Thanks for sharing.