Amateur Recommendation Hour: Perfect Blue
Today’s recommendation is the scariest film I have yet seen. Some will dispute whether or not it actually qualifies as horror. I am going to argue that it does in one of the most unique manners of any film I have yet seen. It's uniquely layered and escalating intensity through all of its surrealist bag of tricks is what makes it feel grounded in a reality that many will be able to identify with, even if not experienced in such magnitude as portrayed in the film. Becoming relatable through it’s setting intertwined with what it does within that setting rarely explored in art across its many mediums. Perfect Blue, directed by the surrealist master himself, the late, great Satoshi Kon is a follows Mima Kirigoe, a member of a Japanese idol group “CHAM”, decides to controversially retire from music to pursue an acting career. As she becomes a victim of stalking, gruesome murders begin to occur, causing Mima to lose her grip on reality. Her everyday life becoming a battle of attrition aga...
