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The fact that Aronofsky would go back to the Perfect Blue well for his 2009 psychological thriller film Black Swan does not help his case. But Western directors recycling Kon doesn't take away.
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Black Swan. Directed by: Darren Aronofsky. Starring: Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis. Genres: Psychological Thriller, Psychological Drama. Rated the #11 best film of 2010, and #1298 in the greatest all-time movies (according to RYM users).
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I got Perfect Blue as a Christmas gift because my boyfriend had read on Cracked and other sources on the internet that Black Swan - one of my favourite films - appears to lift from it and have been influenced a great deal by it despite Aronofsky denying it. He acknowledges similarities but denies the influence there. When we watched it, it was clear as day to me where the similarities lay and.
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The very first mention of Black Swan dates back to 2000.Darren Aronofsky, who just released his critically acclaimed powerful drama Requiem for a Dream, wanted to explore the notion of being haunted by a double and had heard of a screenplay penned by Andres Heinz titled The Understudy.After giving it a good read, Aronofsky was intrigued by the story revolving around 2 off-Broadway actors, as.
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Aronofsky denies it, but Black Swan is a retelling of the Japanese anime film Perfect Blue. Back in 2000, he referenced Perfect Blue in Requiem for a Dream, doing a full recreation of a shot—like, straight up copy and paste. Which is fine. There's nothing wrong with that kind of homage. But the main character in Perfect Blue is named Mima.
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Whilst its connection with Persona may be evident on some basis, one film that Perfect Blue shares a more direct relationship with is Darren Aronofsky's, Black Swan. In fact, Aronofsky had purchased the American rights to Kon's film before he made Requiem for a Dream in the year 2000.
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It was, however, a project Aronofsky went on to direct almost a decade later that bore closest resemblance to Perfect Blue.Depending on which corners of the internet you happen to frequent, Black Swan is either a brilliant extrapolation of the themes explored in Perfect Blue, or a brazen bit of theft.For those who haven't seen it, Perfect Blue is the story of a squeaky-clean girl-group.
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The film was clearly a key influence on the more recent psychological thriller Black Swan, but despite their similarities Perfect Blue is very much a unique movie.
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Black Swan: Directed by Darren Aronofsky. With Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey. Nina is a talented but unstable ballerina on the verge of stardom. Pushed to the breaking point by her artistic director and a seductive rival, Nina's grip on reality slips, plunging her into a waking nightmare.
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A female performer spirals into insanity as increased pressures in her career cause her to lose grip of herself and reality. For a lot of people, especially American audiences, this description may bring to mind the 2010 film "Black Swan."But across the world in Japan and thirteen years earlier, a strikingly similar animated film was made called "Perfect Blue."
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But I think that Aronofsky's Black Swan, including the similarities it has to Perfect Blue, is a very interesting film." Maruyama went on to speak about the enduring legacy of Kon's film, which premiered at the Fantasia Festival in Montreal 20 years ago. "I think people are finally beginning to understand Perfect Blue," he said.
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Ever since Darren Aronofsky released his second feature film, 2000's "Requiem for a Dream," a rumor has circulated online that he purchased the rights to a live-action version of "Perfect Blue.
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Black Swan is a 2010 American psychological horror film directed by Darren Aronofsky from a screenplay by Mark Heyman, John McLaughlin, and Andres Heinz, based on a story by Heinz.The film stars Natalie Portman in the lead role, with Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey, and Winona Ryder in supporting roles. The plot revolves around a production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake by the company.
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This lack of voyeurism is why BTS's Black Swan refuses the dichotomy of real and fake that both Perfect Blue and the film Black Swan seem to be entrapped by. This dichotomy between realness and fakeness is gendered—the voyeur is obsessed with the difference between the real woman and the fake woman. BTS talks about something else entirely.
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