136 w/ Eileen - Perfect Blue (1997) & Black Swan (2010)

Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1262080315339599872 CW: Rape, Child Abuse, Suicide, Mental Illness It’s Fractured Identities Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey can't tell if this episode is real or not. Does Special Guest Eileen even exist? The Classic Film: Perfect Blue (1997) "A retired pop singer turned actress[, Mima's] sense of reality is shaken when she is stalked by an obsessed fan and seemingly a ghost of her past” (IMDb.com). Prolific Japanese writer and artist Satoshi Kon got his directorial film debut with this adaptation of Yoshikazu Takeuchi's novel, Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis. He never did anything quite like it again, and even though our next entry owes a lot to it, you'll probably never see anything quite like Perfect Blue anywhere else. The Modern Film: Black Swan (2010) "A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's 'Swan Lake'” (IMDb.com). Based on a pre-existing script about something else, featuring thematic similarities and homages to other movies, and focusing on an all-time classic ballet, Black Swan manages to be wholly unique and fascinating. Intriguingly, it's more fantastical than our animated entry. Audio Sources: "Black Swan" produced by Fox Searchlight Pictures, et al. "Girlfriendklok" (Metalocalypse S01E18) produced by Titmouse & Williams Street "Perfect Blue" produced by Rex Entertainment, et al. "Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones "Split" produced by Universal Pictures, et al. "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace" produced by Lucasfilm "Tune Up #1" (from Rent -- Original Broadway Cast Recording) written by Jonathan Larson and performed by Anthony Rapp & Adam Pascal