Perfect Blue Review: Japan's Greatest Thriller
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- I talk about one of the best films ever made, and one of the most influential animes to come from Japan.
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Fun fact. Satoshi Kon didn't read Complete Metamorphosis. The author made a script and Kon read that, and he didn't care for it a whole lot. So he asked for permission to change it, and the studio agreed as long as he kept the pop idol and the stalker as major characters. So Perfect Blue is very different from the source material by design. This is the complete opposite to his relationship with Paprika, a novel he adored and which he wanted to adapt from the moment he read it. Funnily enough, it's author could only think of Kon as a viable director for the job, and neither of them knew what the other thought at the moment of their chance meeting in an event that celebrated the release of Tokyo Godfathers.
I've never seen the movie but Perfect Blue the book is pretty amazing.
Rumi being an ex-pop Idol she's in essence reliving her failed dream through Mima then decided she'd become her.
Exactly what I was going to say.
Satoshi Kon will be greatly missed. 💛
The dub actress voiced not only Mima, but also voiced Lain and she did good with both!
Bridget Hoffman had done great work, though I think she was miscast as Shinobu in Love Hina. She plays the young, sweet, and innocent character of the cast, and yet the woman's voice is very sensual and sultry. Makes for a weird juxtaposition.
Also one of Sam Raimi's most frequest collaborator, too.
Perfect Blue Walked so that Oshi no Ko could… heavily inflate the incest tag on porn sites
Actually on second thoughts maybe new doesn’t always mean better
Weebs cope and I laugh
Oh fuck
In situations like this, we can easily choose to reject the future and embrace the past.
Still wish we had more Anime movies like this in theaters.
The fact that Perfect Blue is more relevant now than when it first released says a lot about Kon's forward thinking and creative genius.
I’m not entirely convinced it’s punishing perversion, per se. Rather, I think Kon is brutally honest about the state of the entertainment industry, at least in Japan. I haven’t seen Millennium Actress or Paprika, but I remember this one episode from Paranoia Agent dealing with an animation company working on the series for the little pink dog, and it was _so_ messed up. But I never once thought to myself “that can’t be real.”
For awhile millennium actress was free on RUclips i might still be vary recommended
Millenum Actress is in a way a mirror image of Perfect Blue. A much more positive take on the role of celebrities and the fans they have, it makes for an interesting contrast.
This episode of Paranoia Agent was at the same time so bleak and so funny.
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Very pleasant surprise! I've always thought Perfect Blue was basically anime Hitchcock. Only it turned out better than anyone, including Hitchcock, could have imagined.
Perfect Blue to me is a good example of grounded horror, even with the more abstract elements. The cycle of obsession is a very real threat that can happen to anybody.
The horror doesn't have to be some monster to be scary, sometimes all you need is to remind people that the average person can be fucked up on their own.
For me, the scene with the psychiatrist is the actual reveal because they reference Mima being a fake and the "character's name" being the real one and specifically mention that the girl pretending to be Mima imagines her past trauma as part of a drama to protect her from facing reality.
This is text book defense mechanism.
For my interpretation, Rumi is how she actually really is in her adult life, an overweight middle-aged woman that is mentally stuck in her "idol" persona that she wants to protect because the reality is that she was graped and everything went downhill.
That feeling when you cover something and either it or it's source material are nearly impossible to find until AFTER you just about wrapped everything up is real. Weirdly it's tied to when RUclipsrs talk about it, which suggests they have some market drive.
Like Best Friends Play are directly responsible for Metal Wolf Chaos XD getting released.
It's nice to see when companies realize "oh, there's an audience for this. Let's make some money." Instead of letting properties die in obscurity.
Rest in peace Satoshi Kon. Dude left his impact on the world and inspired it... for better and worse. I must say, though I haven't seen it personally, it has aged like wine. What an October treat.
edit: I reached the 11 minute mark and out of respect of the video's forewarning, I think I will go watch Perfect Blue and come back to watch the rest. Putting it in my watch later playlist. I hope that is okay.
I only found out about Kon's death after I had already watched Paprika and Perfect Blue. I was just looking for what he was working on at the time and the news of his death really shocked me. Honestly, the fact that he died so young and from such a terrible illness makes it one of the most tragic deaths in the entertainment industry for me
Perfect Blue is the only animated horror I've seen actually work as a genuine horror movie beyond individual scenes from things like The Brave Little Toaster or The Black Cauldron. I think it's because Kon is a master of bending reality as a means to telling stories. This doesn't even include horror as he does that with Millennium Actress (drama) and Paprika (sci-fi). Perfect Blue works so well as a horror that I successfully was able to convince my "you-couldn't-pay-me-to-watch-animated-anything" family to give it a chance and now its one of our regulars for Halloween binges.
Serial Expireaments Lain also has to do with early internent paranoia. I feel like Loli would enjoy the vibe
Its a very chill anime
This movie is one of the greatest anime movies of all time. Hands down, no words needed to say why just watch the video.
Oh shit! It's you! I just clicked because I saw Perfect Blue in the thumbnail, but didn't recognize it, so I thought "It couldn't be..."
But yes - yes you are! Thank you for this and especially for the work on Berserk!
He has pretty good taste, I recommend giving him a subscription and checking out his other stuff.
@@alpharius2omegaboogaloo384 Absolutely. He is very underrated for the ammount of effort he puts in his vdeos!
I never realised how many troons on twitter are basically the psycho fan from perfect blue
Man
That is a derogatory term for trans people btw
So i advise you to use a different insult...
It’s mentioned in the movie that Rumi used to be a pop idol herself. I always assumed that she was vicariously living through Mima and is the reason why she made the website. And had a mental break as she couldn’t live as Mima anymore after the few times she attempted to scare her.
Ngl, while I've never been able to sit down and watch this on my own, I have always felt it like a haunting enigma. It also brings up certain questions when it comes to media consumption, I find. Like there are fans of this film, and I recall one instance of someone making fan art that could be like a contradiction to the infamous scene you brought up: like are we allowed to enjoy this kind of content considering if it had happened in the movie, it would be dragging the event through the fire? Heck, I legit wonder if it's contradictory to buy merchandise from this film considering it talks about exploitation of said idols. Like I would like the existence of Mima content, but would it be messed up to own such paraphernalia? It honestly makes me think.
Capitalism consumes everything. One of the main messages of The Matrix movies is to rebel against capitalism but in the end, The Matrix is just a franchise that is exploited for money. I had trouble with this contradiction for a while but in reality you either learn to live under capitalism or you move to a forest or something. I accept the message from Perfect Blue but I would also buy its merchandise, even just in order to keep it in mind
@@LuisSierra42 there are alternatives to either capitalism abd communism.
A third way.
I like how the A.I. Saul sounds older every time its used.
This easily became my favorite movie of all time. It changed my view of how I see movies and always makes me excited when I hear it casually talked about online. I watched it last year during the summer and I instantly became fascinated by the mind of Satoshi Kon. I always wonder what he would do today if he had the chance to create new films. He will always have my respect and praise when I mention him.
I really do miss the era of horror/extremely experiemntal anime like this. Not trying to be a, "Old thing better than new thing" curmudgeon, but the lack of any true horror anime nowadays kinda hurts me because anime as a medium has so much untapped potential with the genre. Still though, even if something like this never happens again, I'm at least glad that Perfect Blue existed in the first place.
i actually agree quite bit with this. animation has literally limitless potential, and specifically in the genre of horror almost is never used.
@@jameskazd9951Or when it is used for a horror anime they cheap out on the animation alot to the point it’s impossible to take it seriously.
Blame moeshit for that.
I say old thing better than new thing!
Forgot to mention the composer is the in fact the main composer for Berserk. The 90s anime series. One of the THE most iconic anime soundtracks, ever created. Also the PS2 game which is equal to the anime series soundtrack but lesser known
Good remake vid. Now remake Tokyo Godfathers
Might be a good one to tackle for christmas
Tokyo Godfathers is basically a Christmas-themed animated adaptation of Raising Arizona with Nic Cage. Great movie though.
I've been subbed since your original Berserk videos, and let me tell you that you, JCS, lemmino are my favorite creators by a milestone my guy. Love your videos, keep it up!
5:52 I half-expected Saul to call you a dumbass.
I watched an Analyzing Evil video on Rumi Hidaka and the Vile Eye did a great job assessing her character. I even watched all of Paranoia Agent on RUclips in Japanese no less.
I can't wait for the sequel Perfecter Bluerer.
The bigger problem we have now with parasocial relationships on the Internet is not their existence, it's sleazy Internet personalities encouraging them for their own benefit. It came to a head with OnlyFans e-girls fleecing desperate dudes out of their money by giving them false hopes of a true relationship, and even VTubers, who were lauded at the beginning for offering something refreshing and different, having actual talent as entertainers and respect for their fans, decided to exploit the gold mine (coughRushiacough).
Agreed 100%. Platforms like OnlyFans shouldn't exist because of how they predate upon vulnerable people on both sides
I think your viewpoint is flawed for many good reasons. The biggest one is that you’re not taking responsibility for the fact that users have the ability to not go on these sites. No one is saying for anyone to go on Onlyfans and buy their content.
Those user made that decision on their own. The same with VTubers. You’re putting the stock in the wrong dumbass. Dumbasses will always be around to sell anything that can ease pain and stress. A bigger dumbass buys it, knowing that it doesn’t help them or it makes them poorer.
Omg the story about Perfect Blue somewhat reminds me of the tragic events that occurred with the famous Mexican American singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez that got murdered by a woman named Yolanda Saldívar who was not only an obsessed fan of Selena, but also became her manager for her fan club. If you want more backstory for this about this, I suggest looking up documentaries for it. While not the exact same story, it is quite scary how people in real life can be obsessed fans who become insane and murderous to the people they idolize when things don't stay the way they want them to stay.
Anime will always be king of bringing masterfully expressive and wonderfully abstract concepts to life. Live action, as much as I love it, will never be able to do what anime does.
The first time I saw this movie was on the big screen during a theatrical re-release. I was damn lucky to get that experience and I love this movie
Satoshi Kon went out way too soon, just imagine how many other crazy ideas he must've had in his head, how many more of his films & stories we could have
Also i really like the abundance of Silent Hill musics in your videos👌
How funny: I had literally finished watching this film yesterday, and now Loli comes out with a review for it.
It was an utterly gripping thriller, and the visuals have stuck in my head
one thing i appreciate about this movie is that while the actors in the gangbang scene are concerned with her wellbeing, asking if she’s okay, it’s no less traumatic for mima. she puts on a brave face but wants out so badly that she completely disassociates and rolls with the punches.
It's more she's ashamed that she would ruin her pure pop idol image with a sleazy role, rather than any real trauma from it.
But I don't expect someone who squees over gay subtext, uses "queer" unironically, and larps as a woman to know nuance.
@@1SpicyMeataball lmao i was born a woman idiot
@@1SpicyMeataball i was literally born a woman but okay, keep being pathetic
Have loved Mima for decades, and appreciate your thought that Mima's rescue of Rumi represents the completion of her arc, and becoming a more mature person. Growth isn't always pleasant, but pain is essential to growth; good video.
Using the song Among the Sef featured in the old Uzumaki tráiler (Junji Ito) on adult swim was a brilliant opening song for this video. It gives off the perfect sense of dread and discomfort.
The year it came out it, it was shown on the Sci-fi Channel during anime week. Absolutely awesome animation, not just the story, but the actual camera shots. For cell animation the almost flawless
My theater I work at we had a marathon of Perfect Blue showings all Halloween week which caught me off guard with how many people showed up to watch. Like even older people who were retirement age checked it out and at least told me they enjoyed it
Tokyo Godfathers is a great movie. It's genuinely kinda sad, but also hopeful. I was shocked at how good it was, because I didn't think it *WOULD* be as good as it was. That's pretty much all of his films, really.
Pizza killer is Rumi, she's wearing red in that scene along with the red dress later one when she reveals herself
0:37 YOUSONOFABITCH! Colin Stetson for the intro?! Loli just graduated to god tier content!
I love this film so much. I love the way the color red screams at you whenever it’s on screen.
Having watched paranoia agent first, and then perfect blue I can definitely see a lot of the DNA that was in paranoia agent.
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🐍 no step on Snek!🇺🇸🇭🇰
Aside from being a psychological thriller, I also saw Perfect Blue as a giallo movie of it was an anime.
It'd be like if Dario Argento (during his prime) directed an animated movie.
I think making November remake month will be a great idea
Your first Perfect Blue video is what made me subscribe to you.
I think we can all agree that perfect blues message about fandom, fame and parasocial relationships have aged like a fine wine. Like u can see like fifty remanias just by opening up Twitter.
17:46 also "Taxi Driver" another movie where DeNiro plays an unhinged stalker.
:D Thank you for making this video loli!! Satoshi Kon is my favorite director. RIP Satoshi Kon
17:57 yo I love how you shouted out king of comedy which is one of my faves, but ya left out the ultimate DeNiro psycho stalker movie, Cape Fear!!
This is not only one of my favourite anime films, but one of my favourite movies period!
RIP Satoshi Kon, you make Hitchcock proud with your supernatural ability to screw with the audience's mind.
I remember when this movie released. Madonna said it was one the greatest films ever made and that she identified with our protagonist.
Just wanted perfect blue and yeah definitely deserves the hype
I love your review and summaries on media. I would love to see you cover the UC timeliness of gundam considering I'm a gundam fanatic and your votoms review was fire.
metamorphosis is just torture porn shindo L said that lol. tired of that conversation it ain't that deep. its not at all comparable to dark fiction like perfect blue and it wasn't meant to be, it's just fanfiction written by other fans that made it seem super intellectual
Agreed. Its very obvious that the reader is supposed to be getting off to everything happening there compared to, say, the rape scene in Perfect Blue where its supposed to be discomforting.
AlmightyLoli makes good content and all but his whole “twitter bad twitter would cancel satoshi kon” take is actually brain dead.
@@hoorenglish5732 it’s so funny because all the waffling about metamorphosis came from social media, years later it’s hitting people in the back of the head now with new diff opinions from those same websites.
but yeah that section of the video was so unnecessary and unrelated 😭 like dude “satoshi kon did this to own anime fans who think metamorphosis is shallow torture porn” WHAT IS BRO TALKING ABOUT ⁉️💀
@hoorenglish5732
Twitter has tried to cancel people for off color jokes made 10+ years ago.
They absolutely would go after Kon.
And nowhere did he say Twitter itself was bad, just some people on it.
That's self conjecture as you clearly simp for the platform for...whatever reason.
Feeling called out maybe?
I sat down and watched it because you told me to.
I don't regret it.
To be honest, when you said watching it for the second time is the best thing to do, I'm actually so satisfied I watched this analysis instead. Good job man, your content is amazing.
An unexpected surprise. But not, an unwelcome one. I’m honestly surprised you’ve haven’t done a review about Perfect Blue, sooner. But I’m not complaining!
He _did_ do a review of Perfect Blue before, but it was years ago. Turns out, its relevance has only grown in recent years... and the audio mixing on the old review is bad.
Perfect Blue is so good, very few movies have made me feel as tense as this one has/does. it is well regarded for a reason. i love how complex and deep the themes in this movie are, there is so many things you can pull out of it through multiple viewings.
I was 13-14 when my older friend showed me this movie. It was more than 20 years ago. It literally blew my mind. Boy did it leave an impact. Satoshi Kon ichiban movie director of all time
Another reason why she saved rumi because she understood that rumi isn't evil but mental ill that needed help.
Satoshi Kon was one of the true greats. He is sorely missed.
I ran into this dude a few times MONTHS AGO on counter strike that had the stabbing in front of the projector scene as his steam profile pic, and I could only really make out the bigger face and thought it was Ghost In The Shell or something. When I asked about it he said its "Perfect Blue" and I replied oh ok I think ive heard of that or seen it. Had no idea what it was until I watched this video (which I paused when I got the spoiler warning and watched the movie then resumed this video!). Even crazier YEEEEARS AGO I had a similar experience with a Berserk pfp but on RUclips (which led me to become a huge fan), and the only reason I kno of TheAlmightyLoli is because of his massively in depth videos on Berserk....
What a small very connected world huh?
Great video yet again man, and thanks for exposing me to Satoshi Kon and some more anime thats actually worth while, gonna watch the one Inception bit now.
Any Perfect Blue fan is a fan of good art. Truly a universally excellent film.
I ache for more cinema like this. Where you suddenly realize what that bucket of grey matter is up there for … INTERPRETATION.
Rewatching and revisiting are the earmarks of a good relationship with anyone, or THING.
🙏 for revisiting this video. Proof that remakes aren’t all bad ideas.
One of the greatest movies of all time, RIP Satoshi Kon ❤
Still gotta watch it
Nice video, i love your prespectives they teach me to have a better taste to media sir. if any one reads this comment please tell me is the guy from better call saul is AI voice? i thought he was a fan of the channel and was helping but now i think he is AI voice. the world is moving to fast for me when it comes to technology in the recent time.
thank you a fan from Saudi Arabia
You forgot De Niro's Cape Fear, where he stalks his ex attorney.
i never knew this movie exist, so i stop after 1 min your vid and watch the movie the first time and damn after 25 min i sat straight up and what a trip.
thx man. there are a many questions left 4 me and i love it when a movie or a book can do this 4 me.
Dude, your reviews are great. Your work is very toughtfull and very nice edited.
That's no Zaku boy, no Zaku
Heyyyyyy how did you know? I just recently rewatched Paranoia Agent and Paprika, this seemed like the obvious follow up.
Oh hell yeah! I watched this movie after seeing your first video on it and I've got to say that it's stuck with me like you wouldn't believe. It's absolutely awesome, 10/10 would recommend.
I finally saw the movie a few days ago and I loved it!
It came at a local Cinema and I convinced 2 non anime watching friends to join me and even they liked it!
I'll definitely watch it again
This reminds me a lot of Selena. A real life pop star who had a stalker that ended up being someone who was close to her. You need to look up the story of Selena to really understand this one.
Incredible review dude
HOWEVER
No mention of Satoshi Kon's involvement in Otomo's Memories: Magnetic Rose? Tsk tsk
Ngl, I forgot about that.
This was a great review! Thank you for the cerebral commentary!
The only parts that let me down were the bits that focus on text or other written things because I don't have the first clue on how to read Japanese, usually in some cases the Dub will put English text onscreen during bits like that but it wasn't the case for the version I just watched. Still it was a pretty good watch overall, some of the style and animation did look Really good and fluid in some scenes.
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The movie has a glaring plot hole however, how did a hammerhead shark manage to disguise itself as her manager?
Dude, i always love your anime reviews on these films and series, i would love if you did more reviews on really popular series like cowboy bebop since you did the live action review, or neon genesis evangelion
AFAIK Mima's last line is performed by Rumi's seiju. 💀 so perhaps it's her who's in the hospital
Please talk about Kairo
:the only film to make me tear up in fear at the start, then tear up in disappointment by the end. The end of that movie was a let down, but so much happens in the first 2/3 that is peak film.
What a blast from the past... I was definitely too young when I first saw this film.
There's a recurring theme of images and eyes. Mima's image is constantly reproduced through mirrors and screens. And all the men who are killed by Rumi have their eyes pierced because their "crime" was perversing Mima with her gaze. Even the photographer is castrated and then has his eyes attacked. It's a revenge on the visual.
The idea of exploration also turned on Kon himself. Remember the strip club scene? Kon put it in at first because the movie was going to be an OVA and he knew that sex sold. Of course, it was thematically significant, since the movie acknowledged it is exploitative of Mima and no one wanted to do it except the higher ups, and everyone else is really uncomfortable during the scene. Well, when the OVA turned into a movie proyect Kon decided to keep it, and years later he said that he was regretful over the scene. That it was "too much". So, he, just like his characters, regretted the introduction of that scene, one which was added for marketing in both reality and in the fiction. It's such an interesting way of metafiction.
My mom rented this for me when I was like...14? It was my birthday, so she let me rent 2 videos, and one was Perfect Blue (the other was a hentai VHS called My Fair Masseuse, which was out in the open in the 'anime' section, not in the 18+ section lol). I think I got maybe 10 minutes in and got bored of it.
I should probably sit down and watch it finally before finishing this video (have it paused at the spoiler warning), since I can probably see the value in a movie like this, unlike my 14 year old self.
Lol i’m surprised you left out Taxi driver. Man Robert De Niro really likes stalking people in his movies
You have a brilliant way of understanding what the movie is trying to tell. Did you attend a film class or does this stuff just come naturally?
Right, just ordered a DVD for my mum's Christmas present. After falling in love with Korean cinema it's time she got some experience with Japanese cinema.
Only issue was the cheapest one I could find was an import from Thailand, & it's not region free. Well I guess it's finally time for her to get familiar with the world of import cinema.
I went into this movie completely blind, and boy was I not ready for Satoshi Kon's mindfuck editing. Ever since it's been one of my favorite psychological thrillers. Hitchcock would love this shit.
As for Inception, Christopher Nolan had written the script for it around the year 2000, but he didn't have the clout back then to get any production companies to risk funding it, so he had to wait a few Batmans until he could make the movie he'd always wanted. I would bet money though that upon seeing Paprika, he was like "OH SHIT I SHOULD HAVE DONE INCEPTION SOONER!"
After thinking about my own interpretation is a Struggle for her own Identity
After casting aside being idol and being what she known as
She essentially becomes an NPC trying to form a new identity as an Actress but it the reality becomes warped as her idol image follows as if that is who she truly is and if the way her Identity is portrayed in fiction blurs it with reality
Her own thoughts of being the killer is a question of her Identity and another aspect if that who is she truly and the acting shoots keep bringing this question on if she is a cheap adult star of if that is how she wants her identity to be portrayed as
Her saving her Manager would be preserving the memories of what her identity used to be pure as not having it destroyed and comes out of it with her new sense of self and holding her own identity firm with her
I'm just happy Mima got to live and move on and most people wouldn't understand this movie but one thing we can all appreciate is the GOD TIER Dance animations throughout the movie can't believe loli forgot to mention just how smooth the animation is during the dance scenes very underrated scenes
Definitly a film to show a nonweeb how good anime can be and not for "kids"
had the pleasure of seeing this film recently at a local movie theater that does a lot of cult horror films. I had never seen it efore but it was definitely one of my favorite movies i saw last year.
Not sure I'd call this "Japans best thriller" but it wasn't bad, I genuinely wasn't expecting the reveal to be what it was but I also wasn't dieing to figure out exactly what was going on.
This is basically one of those Anime I'm glad I finally watched but I don't see myself thinking "yeah, that was awesome I'm going to watch it again."🤷♂️
This was a good video covering it too
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The good ones are always gone too soon. And the ones who stay will be corrupted by fame, money, their own hubris, or a combination of the three
Thank you, Satoshi Kon. Rest in power
Dude this channel just has bangers on it.
Now we just need a video on any Paul Schraeder film for the memes