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Perfect Blue(1998)

Dir. Directed by Satoshi Kon

All About Mima. Also, more evidence that Jodie Foster is so beguiling that her acting causes others to make incredibly poor life decisions.


Feels like a cross-pollination between old-school Alfred Hitchcock thrillers, Argento proto-slashers and Darren Aronofsky overdose freakouts.

Jim Vorel (Endless Mode)

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Synopsis: Rising pop star Mima quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.