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Perfect blue (1997)

I finally watching Perfect Blue after being recommended it for years whenever I talked about fandom / obsession / the internet, which is a lot — it did not disappoint! Truly horrific and brilliant and unique.
I didn’t read too much about it beforehand, and I recommend going in the same way, and coming out just as confused. I love finishing a film and immediately searching for articles and blogs and reviews.
(The exception to this would be if you need to check trigger warnings… I would do that(!) for sure.)

@ggg

Jan 11, 2025

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@an1

oh my god i fucking loved this movie what does it for me is how relevant the theme gets over time especially with how much people have inculcated celebrities into their daily lives and personalities taking them or their characters’ mannerisms and ideology as gospel

Jan 11, 2025

@ggg

an1 totally! I can’t believe it was 1997 when it came out, completely ahead of its time. Its spooky the way it predicted internet celebrities. And there’s so many films that have came out since that are so clearly influenced by it too, that pale in comparison, e.g Black Swan.

Jan 11, 2025

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