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

Published: Sept. 24, 2019, 9 a.m.

b"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. \\n\\n---\\n\\nThanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com\\n\\n---\\n\\nResources:\\n\\nPerfect Blue Wikipedia \\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Blue \\n\\nThe Fractured and Famous: Celebrity culture and control in Perfect Blue by Priya Sridhar\\nhttps://www.animefeminist.com/tag/perfect-blue/ \\n\\nHOW PERFECT BLUE PREDICTED ALL OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ANXIETIES By Michael-Oliver Harding\\nhttps://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/perfect-blue-predicted-social-media-anxieties \\n\\nPerfect Blue: Blurring the Worlds & Sexuality by SC\\nhttps://insightsandart.com/2017/05/22/perfect-blue-blurring-the-worlds-sexuality/ \\n\\nWhat Are Good Girls Made Of? Impossible Femininity in Black Swan vs. Perfect Blue BY VRAI KAISER\\nhttps://vraikaiser.com/2016/06/06/impossible-femininity-in-black-swan-vs-perfect-blue/ \\n\\nBlack Swan\\u2019 and \\u2018Perfect Blue\\u2019: The Feminine Quest for Perfection by Cora\\nhttps://nfdgurrl.wordpress.com/2012/06/23/black-swan-and-perfect-blue-the-feminine-quest-for-perfection/ \\n\\nExcuse Me, Who Are You? Female Gaze in Satoshi Kon\\u2019s Films by Susan Napier\\nhttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781403983084_2 \\n\\nFeeling Blue: The deeply disturbing Perfect Blue BY BIANCA GARNER\\nhttps://filmotomy.com/perfect-blue/ \\n\\n10 Amazing Facts About Perfect Blue by Mar\\xeda Victoria Gonz\\xe1lez Lage\\nhttps://go.yumyumvideos.com/blog/10-amazing-facts-about-perfect-blue \\n\\nPerfect Blue \\u2013 Visual criticism of the Japanese Idol Industry by Stephanie Ditscheid\\nhttps://sexualitaetundmedien.wordpress.com/2017/07/15/perfect-blue-visual-criticism-of-the-japanese-idol-industrie/ \\n\\nA GIRL DIVIDED: THE FRAGMENTED SH\\u014cJO IN PERFECT BLUE by DYLAN LEVY\\nhttps://www.flowjournal.org/2016/07/a-girl-divided/\\n\\nThe Path to Womanhood: Female Coming-of-Age Narratives through the Animated Lens by Katherine Liu\\nhttps://medium.com/@petrichorate/the-path-to-womanhood-female-coming-of-age-narratives-through-the-animated-lens-78215953acb7 \\n\\n\\n\\n\\nPerfect Blue (1997); And Our Complicated Relationship with Celebritism \\nhttps://thecinephiliac.com/2017/10/09/perfect-blue-1997-and-our-complication-relationship-with-celebritism/\\n\\nSatoshi Kon\\u2019s Perfect Blue Is Still Beautifully Relevant in Modern Celebrity Culture by Princess Weekes\\nhttps://www.themarysue.com/satoshi-kons-perfect-blue-beautifully-relevant/ \\n\\nWhat Makes Perfect Blue Utterly Terrifying? by Marianne R.\\nhttps://manga.tokyo/otaku-articles/what-makes-perfect-blue-utterly-terrifying/ \\n\\nI'm The Real Thing: Perfect Blue at 20 by Kayleigh Hearn\\nhttps://talkfilmsociety.com/articles/perfect-blue-20-years \\n\\nYoutube:\\n\\nRed Actually Has A Lot To Say In Perfect Blue\\nhttps://youtu.be/2D9iZfedoiY \\n\\nPerfect Blue Analysis\\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nK1cITu4oo \\n\\nPerfect Blue - The Greatest of Horror Anime\\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkiLm8VEdwc \\n\\nTaking a Look at Idol Culture and the Strange Industry Around it\\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq_eYJGP8Yo"