Directed by Satoshi Kon, it is his debut film. It is based on the novel Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis.
Perfect Blue has garnered critical acclaim and is currently considered a masterpiece of animation, being chosen as one of the best anime films.
Fanaticism, harassment and terror. On these pillars, with the help of Sadayuki Murai (credited as sole screenwriter), Kon reconstructed the plot and incorporated new ideas such as filming within the film itself or erasing the barrier between the real world and that of the imagination.
What is Perfect Blue, the Prime Video movie about?
Mima is the singer of a famous Japanese musical group. Due to the failure of her album sales, her manager decides to remove her from the group and give her a role in a television series. Mima then falls into a deep depression that leads her to rethink her life and her career, but her crisis worsens when she discovers that her life is accessible to anyone on the Internet and that someone is watching her.
When the series begins to air on television, Mima finds that fiction is reproduced in her real life: Dream and reality become so confused that they question their own identity. The development of events and their own intuition will lead the protagonist to an absolutely unexpected outcome.
Trailer for Perfect Blue, the Prime Video movie
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