Millennium Actress gets a beautiful 1.85:1 anamorphic transfer, boasting a clear and sharp image. The colours are strong and the rich details of the animated world come through well on the transfer. The character designs are simple but effective, and the emphasis is on keeping the animation as realistic as possible, with a degree of minimalism in expression and motion that reflects the real world. However that changes when we begin to see Chiyoko`s memories, her childhood is represented in a stylised manner, and the films she starred in are shown in styles appropriate to their respective genre. While the characters stay consistent, the animation style varies in look and feel, and it`s easy to point out influences from other films. Interview with Bob Marx (English Mr. Me-Mania) (02:00 in HD) - Audio only interview with scenes from the film playing. Chapman, Paul (August 9, 2018). "Satoshi Kon's Psychological Thriller "Perfect Blue" Heads to U.S. Theaters". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on April 6, 2019 . Retrieved May 20, 2019.

VS Dahlen". January 23, 2001. Archived from the original on July 11, 2012 . Retrieved June 19, 2017.a b c d e f g "Interview 04 1998年1月ドイツから「パーフェクトブルー」に関するインタビュー". KON'S TONE (in Japanese). 今敏. March 16, 2007 . Retrieved September 24, 2021. Perfect Blue". Rotten Tomatoes. Los Angeles, California: Fandango Media. Archived from the original on April 30, 2019 . Retrieved October 27, 2022. a b Harvey, Dennis (October 31, 1999). "Film Review: "Perfect Blue" ". Variety. Archived from the original on February 15, 2020 . Retrieved May 20, 2019. Thanks to that, the distributor began to receive invitations from more than 50 film festivals, including Germany, Sweden, Australia, and South Korea. [26] Satoshi Kon Lecture (HD 41:10) - A three-part interview with Kon in which the director speaks at length about his creative process and how the film came to be. Produced ten years after the release of Perfect Blue this lecture is a fascinating deep dive into the film.

Kon decided to take on the role of director because he couldn't resist the allure of directing for the first time, and because the original author allowed him to change the story as he liked as long as he kept three things in mind to make the film work: the main character is a B-grade idol, she has a rabid fan (stalker), and it is a horror film. [18] [19] [24] Angel of Your Heart Full English Version (SD 4:15) English version of the song from the English dub version. Audio Only.Millennium Actress comes with some wonderfully animated menus. Inside the Amaray case, you will find a mini poster, with some production notes printed on the reverse. At Fantasia, the film was so well received that a second screening was hurriedly arranged for those who could not see it, and it was eventually voted by the audience as the best international film. [26] Henderson, Tim (August 12, 2010). "Perfect Blue Review". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 22, 2017 . Retrieved December 28, 2016. a b "Interview 12 2001年7月 カナダから、主に「千年女優」に関するインタビュー". KON'S TONE (in Japanese). 今敏. March 16, 2007 . Retrieved September 24, 2021.

Early on in Satoshi Kon’s 1997 debut feature, Perfect Blue, there is a moment that lights the spark on the film’s theme of paranoia. As pop idol singer Mima is getting into her car adoring, fans clamor for a photo. “ I’m always watching Mima’s Room!” one fan shouts, causing her to pause with a haunting expression. Filled with many small yet significant moments like this one, Perfect Blue is a wholly disorienting experience fueled by paranoia and delusions both subtle and sadistic. I highlight this specific moment because it’s the calm before the storm. A pause that signals something is about to tip the scales for a young pop idol. He hadn't read the original novel and only read the script for the film, which was said to be close to the original, and the script was never used in the actual film. [22] [24] This work was originally made as a video animation for a narrow market, so it was expected to disappear as soon as a few people talked about it. [20] [22] [23] O'Neill, Phelim (November 23, 2013). "Perfect Blue, out this week on DVD & Blu-ray". The Guardian. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017 . Retrieved January 22, 2017.

a b c "ロジャー・コーマン監督が惚れた『PERFECT BLUE』、南阿佐ヶ谷の机の上からベルリン映画祭へ!（2/2）". BANGER!!! (in Japanese). ジュピターエンタテインメント株式会社. February 10, 2019 . Retrieved September 24, 2021.

a b Hoai-Tran Bui (October 26, 2018). "Ranking The 13 Scariest Animated Movies Ever". /Film. Archived from the original on November 16, 2018 . Retrieved May 19, 2019. Meet Some Of My Friends contains the interviews. The 3 English interviews are voiced over clips of the film, and include chats with Ruby Marlow, who talks about dubbing Mima, Wendy Lee who voiced Rumi, and Bob Marks, who talks about voicing Mr Me-Mania. Then there is a 6-minute chat with Junko Iwao, who talks about how she was cast for the role of Mima, as well as her impressions of the character. This is a live interview, and is subtitled (burnt in) in English. Finally there is an 11-minute interview with director Satoshi Kon, who talks about directing his first animated feature, as well as the story he intended to convey. Graham, Bob (October 15, 1999). "Animated Blue Has a Surreal Twist / Japanese film scrutinizes pop culture". San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved January 16, 2021. And the film needed a core motif, which had to be found not by the screenwriter or anyone else, but by the director, Kon himself. [16] [18] [19] Kohn, David Ehrlich,Kate Erbland,Eric; Ehrlich, David; Erbland, Kate; Kohn, Eric (August 15, 2022). "The 100 Best Movies of the '90s". IndieWire . Retrieved November 9, 2022. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)Original Animation". kirkthornton.com. Archived from the original on June 19, 2017 . Retrieved August 2, 2015. The character is "the past me" for the protagonist, and this "other me" that should have existed only on the Internet has materialized due to external factors (the consciousness of the fans who want the protagonist to be like that) and internal factors (the protagonist's regret that she might have been more comfortable in the past). And then the composition that the character and the protagonist herself confronted emerged. [18] [19]