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It was, however, a project Aronofsky went on to direct almost a decade later that bore closest resemblance to Perfect Blue.Depending on which corners of the internet you happen to frequent, Black Swan is either a brilliant extrapolation of the themes explored in Perfect Blue, or a brazen bit of theft.For those who haven't seen it, Perfect Blue is the story of a squeaky-clean girl-group.
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Whilst its connection with Persona may be evident on some basis, one film that Perfect Blue shares a more direct relationship with is Darren Aronofsky's, Black Swan. In fact, Aronofsky had purchased the American rights to Kon's film before he made Requiem for a Dream in the year 2000.
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But I think that Aronofsky's Black Swan, including the similarities it has to Perfect Blue, is a very interesting film." Maruyama went on to speak about the enduring legacy of Kon's film, which premiered at the Fantasia Festival in Montreal 20 years ago. "I think people are finally beginning to understand Perfect Blue," he said.
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The very first mention of Black Swan dates back to 2000.Darren Aronofsky, who just released his critically acclaimed powerful drama Requiem for a Dream, wanted to explore the notion of being haunted by a double and had heard of a screenplay penned by Andres Heinz titled The Understudy.After giving it a good read, Aronofsky was intrigued by the story revolving around 2 off-Broadway actors, as.
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The main difference between the two films is age. As Spirited Away ends up more of a children's film and Perfect Blue is a long way from that. It's not just the sexual content and violence that makes Perfect Blue more for adults. It's Rumi. Mima is a 21-year-old with her whole life ahead of her. But Rumi is older.
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The film was clearly a key influence on the more recent psychological thriller Black Swan, but despite their similarities Perfect Blue is very much a unique movie.
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Even the names of the protagonists are similar, with Mima of "Perfect Blue" becoming Nina in "Black Swan." The film's quotient of body horror is a prominent feature in plenty of anime in general.
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Black Swan: Directed by Darren Aronofsky. With Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey. Nina is a talented but unstable ballerina on the verge of stardom. Pushed to the breaking point by her artistic director and a seductive rival, Nina's grip on reality slips, plunging her into a waking nightmare.
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I got Perfect Blue as a Christmas gift because my boyfriend had read on Cracked and other sources on the internet that Black Swan - one of my favourite films - appears to lift from it and have been influenced a great deal by it despite Aronofsky denying it. He acknowledges similarities but denies the influence there. When we watched it, it was clear as day to me where the similarities lay and.
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The fact that Aronofsky would go back to the Perfect Blue well for his 2009 psychological thriller film Black Swan does not help his case. But Western directors recycling Kon doesn't take away.
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A female performer spirals into insanity as increased pressures in her career cause her to lose grip of herself and reality. For a lot of people, especially American audiences, this description may bring to mind the 2010 film "Black Swan."But across the world in Japan and thirteen years earlier, a strikingly similar animated film was made called "Perfect Blue."
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Ever since Darren Aronofsky released his second feature film, 2000's "Requiem for a Dream," a rumor has circulated online that he purchased the rights to a live-action version of "Perfect Blue.
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Aronofsky denies it, but Black Swan is a retelling of the Japanese anime film Perfect Blue. Back in 2000, he referenced Perfect Blue in Requiem for a Dream, doing a full recreation of a shot—like, straight up copy and paste. Which is fine. There's nothing wrong with that kind of homage. But the main character in Perfect Blue is named Mima.
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Mulholland Drive was the very first movie I thought of when watching Perfect Blue. While Black Swan is a clear live-action remake of Perfect Blue, David Lynch's 2001 film feels more like a cryptic nod. Much like Kon, Lynch is an experimental director who plays with surrealism and toes the line between fiction and reality.
