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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 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 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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Black Swan. Directed by: Darren Aronofsky. Starring: Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis. Genres: Psychological Thriller, Psychological Drama. Rated the #11 best film of 2010, and #1298 in the greatest all-time movies (according to RYM users).


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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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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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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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Black Swan is a 2010 American psychological horror film directed by Darren Aronofsky from a screenplay by Mark Heyman, John McLaughlin, and Andres Heinz, based on a story by Heinz.The film stars Natalie Portman in the lead role, with Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey, and Winona Ryder in supporting roles. The plot revolves around a production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake by the company.


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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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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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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.


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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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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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