Perfect Blue

This movie was honestly one of the best movies if not, the best movie I’ve ever watched.
Somethings that stood out to me the most were the usage of sound, color, and how close you were with the main character Mima throughout the movie and especially at the end of the movie. This movie has an immense amount of symbolism and has tons of rewatch value. This is one of those rare movies where you can rewatch and constantly pick up details you didn’t notice before. The use of color, sound (or lack of thereof) and the way that you are living through these experiences with the character is amazing.

The use of color was very subtle and I only noticed certain things at the end of the movie. Around the end of the movie I noticed that her past self/ idol self was a lot more vibrant and colorful than her current/actress self. I think that this is a representation of how she feels and how she perceives the different stages in her life. The vibrancy reminds her of how amazing, and upbeat her life used to be, she was put together and had a group of reliable people around her. Her current self can’t trust anybody because of her intense paranoia caused by her stalker. Her inner circle is also being brutally murdered and being torn apart. Her current self feels alone, confused and she’s not even sure of who she is and stated that she didn’t even care who she was anymore. While trying to pursue her new dreams she lost herself along the way.

I loved the use of sound or lack thereof at some scenes. I loved when they used CHAM’s music to build suspense or just music in general. The silence in some parts where you saw the dead bodies and realized what just happened were immaculate. Music and sound in general were a huge part in this music which I think also reflects on the fact that Mima’s life was just music for a while because of CHAM.

I loved the fact that you were just as confused as the main character. It really helps you understand Mima as a person, what she is feeling and what she is thinking. This movie makes you feel like you're with her and that you see and feel and think everything that Mima is feeling. Around the end of the movie you question what is real and what isn’t. This movie is so open up to interpretation and I think that’s what makes it so good. After watching this movie I don’t even know who the main character is.

I have a bunch of ideas as to what happened in the movie. Some of my theories are that Mima has always been an actress and she landed a new big role. She has immense amounts of pressure to perform well so she tries to really dig deep inside of her character which causes confusion and she loses herself along the way. The second is that Rumi is actually the main character. Rumi hates herself so much that she created the perfect version of herself which is Mima. This doesn’t work and because her mental state is so damaged Mimi goes insane as well and kills everybody that Rumi likes to hurt her. The whole movie is the 2 sides of herself battling for power and for dominance. My third idea is that Mimi is still in CHAM but she feels that her life is just one big performance and has a mental crisis over it. The actress side of her are her goals and aspirations that she can’t pursue because she knows what will happen to her and her idol