Ep. 58: PERFECT BLUE (1997) - Who Are You?

What? You said you don't like anime? Get outta here and watch Satoshi Kon's 1997 masterpiece in horror and animation: Perfect Blue! This shit ain't Disney, son. In this episode we discuss the importance of the color red, fan entitlement, the Japanese idol industry, as well as creating and experiencing confusion. --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: Perfect Blue Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Blue The Fractured and Famous: Celebrity culture and control in Perfect Blue by Priya Sridhar https://www.animefeminist.com/tag/perfect-blue/ HOW PERFECT BLUE PREDICTED ALL OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ANXIETIES By Michael-Oliver Harding https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/perfect-blue-predicted-social-media-anxieties Perfect Blue: Blurring the Worlds & Sexuality by SC https://insightsandart.com/2017/05/22/perfect-blue-blurring-the-worlds-sexuality/ What Are Good Girls Made Of? Impossible Femininity in Black Swan vs. Perfect Blue BY VRAI KAISER https://vraikaiser.com/2016/06/06/impossible-femininity-in-black-swan-vs-perfect-blue/ Black Swan’ and ‘Perfect Blue’: The Feminine Quest for Perfection by Cora https://nfdgurrl.wordpress.com/2012/06/23/black-swan-and-perfect-blue-the-feminine-quest-for-perfection/ Excuse Me, Who Are You? Female Gaze in Satoshi Kon’s Films by Susan Napier https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781403983084_2 Feeling Blue: The deeply disturbing Perfect Blue BY BIANCA GARNER https://filmotomy.com/perfect-blue/ 10 Amazing Facts About Perfect Blue by María Victoria González Lage https://go.yumyumvideos.com/blog/10-amazing-facts-about-perfect-blue Perfect Blue – Visual criticism of the Japanese Idol Industry by Stephanie Ditscheid https://sexualitaetundmedien.wordpress.com/2017/07/15/perfect-blue-visual-criticism-of-the-japanese-idol-industrie/ A GIRL DIVIDED: THE FRAGMENTED SHŌJO IN PERFECT BLUE by DYLAN LEVY https://www.flowjournal.org/2016/07/a-girl-divided/ The Path to Womanhood: Female Coming-of-Age Narratives through the Animated Lens by Katherine Liu https://medium.com/@petrichorate/the-path-to-womanhood-female-coming-of-age-narratives-through-the-animated-lens-78215953acb7 Perfect Blue (1997); And Our Complicated Relationship with Celebritism https://thecinephiliac.com/2017/10/09/perfect-blue-1997-and-our-complication-relationship-with-celebritism/ Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue Is Still Beautifully Relevant in Modern Celebrity Culture by Princess Weekes https://www.themarysue.com/satoshi-kons-perfect-blue-beautifully-relevant/ What Makes Perfect Blue Utterly Terrifying? by Marianne R. https://manga.tokyo/otaku-articles/what-makes-perfect-blue-utterly-terrifying/ I'm The Real Thing: Perfect Blue at 20 by Kayleigh Hearn https://talkfilmsociety.com/articles/perfect-blue-20-years Youtube: Red Actually Has A Lot To Say In Perfect Blue https://youtu.be/2D9iZfedoiY Perfect Blue Analysis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nK1cITu4oo Perfect Blue - The Greatest of Horror Anime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkiLm8VEdwc Taking a Look at Idol Culture and the Strange Industry Around it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq_eYJGP8Yo