| Uniform Title |
Perfect blue (Motion picture : 1997) |
| Title |
Perfect blue = Pâfekuto burû. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Siren Visual Entertainment, ©2009. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (150 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Siren Visual Entertainment : SVE0744. |
| Originally produced in Japan and released as a motion picture in 1998. |
| Based on the novel "Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis" by Yoshikazu Takeuchi. |
| Special features: Japanese and English language options ; Interview with director Satoshi Kon and Perfect Blue voice actors ; CHAM music videos ; Japanese and English trailers ; 40 minute Perfect Blue lecture featurette. |
| Credits |
Directed by Satoshi Kon ; screenplay by Sadayuki Murai. |
| Performers |
Voices of Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji. |
| Summary |
Mima Kirigoe is a squeaky-clean Japanese pop singer who decides to leave the music industry and try her hand at acting. Finding her way in her new field proves to be difficult as she is forced to take humiliating work in perverse low-budget films. Mima is stalked by an obsessed fan, irate at her decision to abandon her successful music career. A series of bloody murders follow Mima as she descends into a delusional and hallucinatory mental state, while a mysterious internet blog claiming to be written by "the real Mima" reports personal information to a leering public eye. Mima is pushed further into a psychological black hole as the film weaves a fractured and bizarre setting. Perfect blue explores the voyeuristic modern-day obsessions with celebrity, identity, and mental instability. The unsettling atmosphere conveyed by Perfect blue has seen it compared to the films of David Lynch and the books of Philip K. Dick. A unique and potent work of modern existential surrealism. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : MA15+. |
| System details |
DVD video, Dolby Digital 5.1, Region 4, PAL, 16:9 anamorphic. |
| Language note |
In English or Japanese with English subtitles. |
| Awards note |
Best Asian Film, 1997 Fant-Asia Film Festival ; Fantasia Section Award, 1998 Fantasporto Festival. |
| Subjects |
Takeuchi, Yoshikazu, -- 1955- Film adaptations |
| Stalkers -- Japan -- Drama |
| Celebrities -- Japan -- Drama |
| Actresses -- Japan -- Drama |
| Murder -- Drama |
| Mental health -- Drama |
| Animation (Cinematography) -- Japan |
| Motion pictures, Japanese |
| Foreign language films |
| Genre |
Animated films |
| Surrealist films |
| Thrillers (Motion pictures) |
| Horror films |
| Film adaptations |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Other Names |
Kon, Satoshi, 1963-2010 director. |
| Murai, Sadayuki, 1964- screenwriter. |
| Iwao, Junko, 1970- voice actor. |
| Matsumoto, Rica, 1965- voice actor. |
| Tsuji, Shinpachi voice actor. |
| Takeuchi, Yoshikazu, 1955-. Pâfekuto burû. English Motion picture adaptation of (work): |
| Added titles |
Pâfekuto burû. |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
See Also:
Broader Subject References:
Authors:
- Iwao, Junko, 1970- .
- Kon, Satoshi, 1963-2010 .
- Matsumoto, Rica, 1965- .
- Murai, Sadayuki, 1964- .
- Takeuchi, Yoshikazu, 1955-. Pâfekuto burû. English .
- Tsuji, Shinpachi .
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